Nominal data is distinguished by a name or category.

 

For example: Favorite color, Gender, Religion, Type of Car, etc.

 

What is

NOMINAL?

Ordinal data is distinguished by having ordered data. This is, data could range from 1 to 5, low to high, agree to disagree.

 

For example: Rank, Level of satisfaction, etc.

What is ORDINAL?

What is

INTERVAL?

Interval data are numerical scales with equal intervals within data.

 

For example: Temperature, Tiime of day, etc.

What is

RATIO?

Ratio is the type of data that has an absolute zero, where absence of measure exists.

 

For example: GPA, Amount of money, Years of work experience, etc.