Q. 2.16 - Elementary Statistics

Question

Ordinal Data. Another important type of data is ordinal data, which are data about order or rank given on a scale such as $1,2,3,\dots$ or $A,B,C,\dots$ Following are several variables. Which, if any, yield ordinal data? Explain your answer.

a. Height

e. Number of siblings

b. Weight

f. Religion

c. Age

g. Place of birth

d. Sex

h. High school class rank

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

The variables Height, Weight, Age, Number of siblings, High school class rank

yield ordinal data because the values of each variable can be ranked or ordered.

The variables Sex, Religion and Place of birth does not yield ordinal data because the variables are qualitative in nature and cannot be ranked or  ordered.

Step 1. Given Information.

We are given several variables which may or may not yield ordinal data.

Step 2. Finding the variables

The variables Height, Weight, Age, Number of siblings, High school class rank

yield ordinal data as the values of each variable can be ranked or ordered according to these values.

Where as the variables Sex, Religion and Place of birth does not yield ordinal data as the variables are qualitative in nature and cannot be ranked reordered.