A Scale in Which Letters or Numbers Assigned to Objects

question 7

Short Answer

A scale in which letters or numbers assigned to objects serve as labels for identification is called a(n) _______ scale.

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Definitions:

Measurements

Quantitative data obtained by measuring objects or events using standard units.

Percentile

In statistics, this term refers to the threshold under which a specific percentage of data within a collection is observed.

Interquartile Range

The difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles of a dataset, representing the spread of the middle 50% of the data.

Tchebysheff's Theorem

A statistical theorem stating that for any distribution, the proportion of outcomes within k standard deviations of the mean is at least 1-1/k^2 for k>1.