SOLUTION: Identify the data level (nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio) that best describes each of the following cases: a. Placement (1st, 2nd, etc.) within a wrestling

Question 1020206: Identify the data level (nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio) that best describes each of the following cases:

a. Placement (1st, 2nd, etc.) within a wrestling meet
b. The height of a randomly selected flight attendant
c. The title of a radomly selected individual's favorite song
d. The temperature in Washington DC at noon
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a. Ordinal (there is a ranking)
b. Ratio (a value of 0 means absence of the thing itselfthat is measured)
c. Nominal (indicates name only)
d. Interval (assuming that the temperature is in Celsius or fahrenheit, and not in kelvin)
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