RESEARCH METHODS & ANALYSIS

Assignment 4

 You must work alone on this assignment!
 The assignment is worth 25 total points

Directions:
A. For each of the variables below, identify the scale of measurement:
• Ratio
• Interval
• Ordinal
• Nominal
B. For each of the variables below, identify an alternative way of measuring the variable (i.e. using one of the other 3 scales of measurement) and specify the scale of measurement
C. If you are having trouble please contact me or see the below website. Remember that it is important to focus on what step isn’t met (if any), for instance Fahrenheit doesn’t have absolute zero so it cannot be Ratio, but it has intervals between variables so it is Interval.
https://www.questionpro.com/blog/nominal-ordinal-interval-ratio/

Example:
1. The number of minutes an employee was late for work
a. Ratio
b. Whether the employee was late for work: not late for work, late for work; Nominal

 
Your turn: (type your answers next to each bullet, following the example above)
1. Number of employees who voluntarily left the organization last year
a. _______________
b. _______________
2. The seniority ranking of all members of a union
a. _______________
b. _______________
3. The different organizational departments in which each member of the team works
a. _______________
b. _______________
4. The amount of money employees receive for their yearly bonus
a. _______________
b. _______________
5. The temperature of the main warehouse facility
a. _______________
b. _______________
6. The organization’s ranking in the Fortune 500 this year
a. _______________
b. _______________
7. Whether the retail office is open on Saturdays
a. _______________
b. _______________
8. The number of patents a team filed last year in the United States
a. _______________
b. _______________
9. Whether a team is a global team
a. _______________
b. _______________
10. The order in which customers are served in the customer service department
a. _______________
b. _______________