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theHYMedicine.com Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio
Nominal - name; distinct categories
“Order” of values is known - ✔ ✔ ✔ • Any binary measure (y/n)
• e.g. zip codes, eye color, sex (m/f)
“Counts” / “Frequency of Distribution” ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Ordinal - ordered; distinct categories w/ order
Mode - “Most Common” ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
• i.e. good, better, best

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Median - “Central” - ✔ ✔ ✔ • e.g. severity of illness, level of education

Mean - “Average” - - ✔ ✔ Interval - ordinal data but each step is same size
• Distance b/w intervals is meaningful
Can quantify difference b/w each value - - ✔ ✔ • e.g. Temperature (℃/℉)
Can add or subtract values - - ✔ ✔ Ratio - Interval data w/ a true zero

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Can multiply or divide values - - - ✔ • Both differences and ratios are meaningful
• e.g. Temperature (K), Monetary quantities
Has “True Zero” - - - ✔

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