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Section 1.2 Homework Question 9
Section 1.2 Homework
9. Identify the level of measurement of the data, and explain what is wrong with the given calculation. In a set of data, alert levels are represented as 0 for low, 1 for medium, and 2 for high. The average (mean) of the 669 alert levels is 0.9.
The data are at the _________ level of measurement.
What is wrong with the given calculation?
- The true average is 1.0.
- One must use a different method to take the average of such data.
- Such data should not be used for calculations such as an average.
- There is nothing wrong with the given calculation.