Identify the level of measurement of the data, and explain what is wrong with the given calculation.

In a survey, the

favoritesports

of respondents are identified as

1

for

basketball,

2

for

baseball,

3

for

football,

and

4

for anything else. The average (mean) is calculated for

785

respondents and the result is 1.5.

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Part 1

The data are at the

ratio

ordinal

nominal

interval

level of measurement.

Part 2

What is wrong with the given calculation?

A.

The true average (mean) is

2.1.

B.

Such data are not counts or measures of anything, so it makes no sense to compute their average (mean).

C.

Such data are not counts or measures of anything, so the average (mean) needs to be computed in a different way.

D.

There is nothing wrong with the given calculation.