Critical thinking:Numbers are often assigned to data that ar…

Critical thinking:Numbers are often assigned to data that are categorical in nature. Consider these number assignments for category items describing electronic ways of expressing personal opinions: 1 = Twitter; 2 = email; 3 = text message; 4 = Facebook; 5 = blog. The above numerical assignments are at ratio of level of measurement.

Critical thinking:Numbers are often assigned to data that ar…

Critical thinking:Numbers are often assigned to data that are categorical in nature. Consider these number assignments for category items describing electronic ways of expressing personal opinions: 1 = Twitter; 2 = email; 3 = text message; 4 = Facebook; 5 = blog. The above numerical assignments are at ordinal level of measurement.

Lucy conducted a survey asking some of her friends to specif…

Lucy conducted a survey asking some of her friends to specify their favorite type of TV from the following list of choices: documentary; drama; cartoon; reality; sitcom sitcom. Lucy’s observations from the study cannot legitimately apply to adults in Columbus, Ohio.