PLS 209 Research Methods
Homework #3
Measurement Exercise
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
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
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