The following appear on a physician's intake form.

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2022-04-02

The following appear on a physician's intake form. Identify the level of measurement of the data.
(a) Disabilities
(b) Change in health (scale of -5 to 5)
(c) Year of birth
(d) Height
(a) What is the level of measurement for "Disabilities"?
Interval
Nominal
Ratio
Ordinal
(b) What is the level of measurement for "Change in health (scale of - 5 to 5)"?
Ratio
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
(c) What is the level of measurement for "Year of birth"?
Interval
Ordinal
Nominal
Ratio
(d) What is the level of measurement for "Height"?
Nominal
Interval
Ordinal
Ratio

Answer & Explanation

Payten Reese

Payten Reese

Beginner2022-04-03Added 10 answers

The following appear on a physician’s intake form.
1. Disabilities
2. Change in health (scale of -5 to 5)
3. Year of birth
4. Height
Part a:
The level of measurement for disabilities is nominal level of measurement.
Nominal level of measurement can be used for categorical data and here the disabilities can be of different types.
Part b:
The level of measurement for Change in health (scale of -5 to 5) is ordinal level of measurement.
Ordinal level of measurement includes ordered data and here the change in health is measured using scale from -5 to 5 wherein -5 implies very poor change while 5 implies comparatively good change.
Part c:
The level of measurement for Year of birth is interval level of measurement.
The birth year does not include true zero point hence, interval level of measurement.
Part d:
The level of measurement for height is ratio level of measurement.
The height includes true zero point and hence, ratio level of measurement.
xleb123

xleb123

Skilled2023-06-11Added 181 answers

(a) The level of measurement for ''Disabilities'' is Nominal. Nominal data refers to categories or labels that do not have any inherent order or numerical value. In this case, disabilities can be categorized into different types or conditions, but there is no inherent order or numerical significance assigned to them.
(b) The level of measurement for ''Change in health (scale of -5 to 5)'' is Interval. Interval data represents values where the differences between measurements are meaningful and consistent. In this case, the scale of -5 to 5 indicates that the intervals between each level of change in health are equal, and the zero point is arbitrary. However, there is no true zero that represents the absence of change in health.
(c) The level of measurement for ''Year of birth'' is Ratio. Ratio data possesses all the properties of interval data, but it also has a true zero point that indicates the absence of the measured quantity. In this case, the year of birth has a true zero point at 0 AD, and the differences between years are meaningful and consistent.
(d) The level of measurement for ''Height'' is Ratio. Similar to the year of birth, height also exhibits the characteristics of ratio data. It has a true zero point (i.e., a height of 0 cm represents no height) and consistent and meaningful differences between measurements.
Andre BalkonE

Andre BalkonE

Skilled2023-06-11Added 110 answers

The level of measurement for each data type can be determined as follows:
(a) The level of measurement for ''Disabilities'' is Nominal. Nominal
(b) The level of measurement for ''Change in health (scale of -5 to 5)'' is Interval. Interval
(c) The level of measurement for ''Year of birth'' is Interval. Interval
(d) The level of measurement for ''Height'' is Ratio. Ratio

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