WARM-UP

WEEK-3

NOMINAL

ORDINAL

INTERVAL

RATIO

YES

YES

YES

Not
Determined

II

Determine
d

Determine
d

NO

NO

YES

III

SCALE
CHARACTERIST
IC
Starting point
The interval size
Addition ve
subtraction

In
whhich ofve
the following
fills out
the above IV
table correctly?
Multipliction
NO
NO
YES
division
I

II

III

IV

A.

NO

Determined

YES

NO

B.

YES

Not
Determined

NO

YES

C.

NO

Not
Determined

YES

NO

D.

YES

Determined

NO

YES

E.

NO

Not

YES

YES

In which of the following the ordinal scale is

used?
A. The products in the market are organized
according to their category.
B. It is 300C today.
C. The class list is determined according to letters
in students last name.
D. Cemal got 22 votes in classroom president
elections.
E. Yaz got 95 fromPhysics.

In which of the following, the type of

measurement is different than others?
A. The measurement of elevation
B. The measurement of water temperature with
Celcius thermometer
C. The measurement of student success in Math.
D. The measurement of debt for per person in
Turkey.
E. The measurement of weight by using a scale.

In which of the following examples, the logical

zero is not used?
A. The mount Erciyess elevation is 3700 meter.
B. The average of studnetstext anxiety is 90 point.
C. Turkeys average temperature in July is 300C .
D. There are 1560 book donations to library this
year.
E.

The Science exam is at 14:30 oclock.

The Turkish teacher asked 8A students to write an

essay on assigned topic, while giving an option of
choosing between two topics and write an essay on
chosen topic for 8B students. This teacher
examined the effects of the number of books read
by students whole semester, the time it takes for
students to write an essay, the opportunity of
choosing topic, and gender on their writing skills.
Among the following variables, which of the
following is measured indirectly?
A. the number of books read by students whole
semester
B. The grade group student belongs.
C. the time it takes for students to write an essay
D. the opportunity of choosing topic
E. Writing skills

Which of the following indicates the

complete absence of variable?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Getting 0 in SBS exam.

The scale shows 0 before putting weight on
The temperature is 0 degree.
The elevation at sea level is 0.
Getting 0 when you missed the test.

In education, the behaviour which is

intended to measure is mostly related to the
observed behaviour.
Which of the following characteristics
of educational mesurement is
highlighted in above statement?
A. Generally the measurements are indirect.
B. The tests are used for measurement
C. The difficulty of scale development in
education.
D. Psychomotor behaviours can be measured
indirectly.
E. rencilerin her zaman rendiklerini
davrana dntrememeleri

In order to determine the effects of work

status (working or not working) on
depression level, the depression scale is
used on 300 women.
Which of the following scale type or
types are used in this study?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

interval- ordinal
nominal- ratio
nterval- ratio
ordinal- ratio
nominal- interval


All mathematical operations can be
used on which of the following type of
measurement data?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Meter
Calendar
Thermometer
Clock
Psychometric scales


List the scales according to information
they provide( least to most) .
A. ordinal- nominal-interval- ratio
B. nominal-ordinal- interval- ratio
C. nterval-ordinal- nominal- ratio
D. ratio-interval-nominal- ordinal
E. Ratio-nominal- ordinal- interval

The interval data can be added and subtracted, but

cannot be divided or multiplied. For example, if two
students got 40 and 80 points in Math class, it is
okay to say one student got 40 point less than other
student. However the statement of One student
got half or double score of other one is not correct.
This situation is related to which of the
follwing characteristics of interval scales?
A. Being used in education
B. No absolute zero
C. No constant intervals
D. The measurement results cannot be expressed
with numbers
E. No conversion among intervals

The PE teacher separated the classroom into two

group according to their gender, then line them up
according to their heights. He chose the tallest
students for basketball team and asked them to
perform some acivities. He measured their
performance with performance test.
In which of the following the scales used by
PE teacher during the selection process of
basketball team players are listed in correct
order?

A. nominal- ordinal- ordinal

B. nominal- ordinal- interval
C. nominal- interval-ordinal
D. ordinal- nominal- interval
E. Eit aralkl- ordinal- interval