A Movie Critic Rates a Movie on a Scale from One

question 29

Multiple Choice

A movie critic rates a movie on a scale from one (lowest) to four (highest) stars.What scale of measurement are the ratings?

• A) nominal
• B) ordinal
• C) interval
• D) ratio

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Definitions:

Sum of Squares

A statistical technique used to measure the variation among data points by summing the squared differences from the mean.

Error

The difference between a measured or predicted value and the true value, often used in the context of statistical or experimental analysis.

SSE

Stands for Sum of Squares due to Error, a measure used in statistics to quantify the dispersion of data points.

F Statistic

A ratio of two variances that is used in ANOVA or regression analysis to assess the significance of group differences or the contribution of predictor variables.