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Name: Levels of Measurement
ID: m10809
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module discusses the different scales used in statistical analysis and what levels of measurement are used in psychological variables. The terms discussed are Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio scales.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: interval, measurement, nominal, ordinal, ratio, scale
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: David Lane (lane@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: David Lane (lane@rice.edu)
Maintainers: David Lane (lane@rice.edu), Eileen Meyer (meyer@rice.edu)
Latest version: 2.4 (history)
First publication date: Aug 14, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5
Last revision to module: Jun 20, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5
Module XML: m10809_2.4.cnxml

Version History

Version: 2.4 Jun 20, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Liqun Wang
Changes: 
change version from 0.4 to 0.5
Version: 2.3 Mar 14, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
added author link, added lists and term tags
Version: 2.2 Nov 11, 2002 12:00 am US/Central by (Unknown)
Changes: 
added maintainer
Version: 2.1 Aug 16, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
completion of module.  Metadata, abstract and keywords added.
Version: 2.0 Aug 14, 2002 12:00 am GMT-5 by (Unknown)
Changes: 
Added initial template for new module m10809

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