PLS 209 Research Methods
Homework #3
Measurement Exercise
Due March 10, 2008

1. Open the Codebook file on the CD that came with the text 

     (use any word processor or text editor)

     Circle the level of measurement of the following variables (ignore the DK, NA, NAP codes)

     AGE        Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio

  CAPPUN     Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio

  CHILDS     Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio (Ignore 8 & 9)

  FINRELA    Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio

  HAPPY      Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio

  MARITAL    Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio

  NATARMSY   Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio

  POLVIEWS   Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio  

  RACE       Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio  

  RINCOME    Nominal   Ordinal    Interval   Ratio 

2. Go to the PLS 209 homepage,

    Click on SPSS download page,  

    Enter the username and password

    Open the codebook for “Crime Data --125 variables for 1985”

          ---- its at the bottom of the page.

 

     Circle the level of measurement of the following variables

                               

    V1   STATE     Nominal  Ordinal  Interval  Ratio

 

  V3   POPRANK   Nominal  Ordinal  Interval  Ratio

 

  V77  DEATHWH   Nominal  Ordinal  Interval  Ratio
 

  V122 GAMBLING  Nominal  Ordinal  Interval  Ratio

 

Last semester some students found the following website
 helpful on this assignment

http://www.chss.montclair.edu/sociology/statbooklevels.htm
 

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Larry Aspin    aspin@bradley.edu
Dept of Political Science
Bradley University