Oct 7, 2020 · Besides temperature, what are some examples of variables on interval scale? Examples from economics and/or finance would be appreciated.

Sep 19, 2024 · I was curious about the logic of scale of measurement when a transformation is done on the original variable. For example Income (Ratio) -> natural logarithm -> Log (Income) …

Jan 26, 2017 · Many studies in the social sciences use Likert scales. When is it appropriate to use Likert data as ordinal and when is it appropriate to use it as interval data?

Having the data, say: 10 questions on the ordinal level (say 0-5 scale, where 0="not at all", 5="all the time"), I want to tranform them so that they could be treated as proper interval level data …

May 18, 2018 · 5 Statistical methods vary according to the measurement levels of variables, and it can make a difference if variables are classified as nominal, ordinal, or interval/ratio. But I've …

Aug 10, 2022 · I understand that latitude and longitude are interval data, but are coordinates (e.g. Point(123, -123)) also considered interval data? If so, how can the standard deviation, mean …

Limiting the scope of the questions to either of these special cases would (partially) justify some of the other answers in this thread which insist that proportions are on an interval scale or ratio …

Aug 7, 2022 · Even though Likert scales are not really interval-valued it is often best to summarize them with a single mean. Then the job can be converted to one of selecting the best …

Oct 15, 2016 · In fact ratio scale is defined, according to Stevens, by the family of transformations that doesn't change the information content/meaning. For interval scales it's linear …

Jul 17, 2018 · The happiness scale has neither true zero nor equal intervals so is only ordinal unless you are prepared to believe that from 1 to 2 is the same as 2 to 3. As I mentioned in a …