The San Francisco Chronicle is a large newspaper published daily. What is the level of measurement for each of the following variables? (A) The number of papers sold each Sunday during 2011. (B) The departments, such as editorial, advertising, sports, etc. (C) The number of papers sold by county. (D) The number of years with the paper for each employee.

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Abbie Bowen

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10 August, 15:21

The San Francisco Chronicle is a large newspaper published daily. What is the level of measurement for each of the following variables? (A) The number of papers sold each Sunday during 2011. (B) The departments, such as editorial, advertising, sports, etc. (C) The number of papers sold by county. (D) The number of years with the paper for each employee.

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Kamren Marshall · Answer 1

The following are the variables and their levels of measurement: (A) The number of papers sold each Sunday during 2011 - Ratio (of the comparison between the sale of newspapers in that particular year with other years). (B) The departments, such as editorial, advertising, sports, etc. - Nominal (direct measurement/count of departments). (C) The number of papers sold by county - Ratio (of the comparison between the sale of newspapers in each of the county). (D) The number of years with the paper for each employee - Ratio (of the comparison between employees and the years they stayed with the paper for).