Scales of Measurement

Here is the video version of Lesson 14 from Stat Trek's free online tutorial covering the complete curriculum for Advanced Placement (AP) Statistics.

About This Video

Measurement scales are used to categorize and/or quantify variables. This video lesson defines the four scales of measurement that are commonly used in statistical analysis: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales. It also describes four properties of measurement and how each measurement scale is distinguished by whether it satisfies or fails to satisfy each property of measurement.

A written version of the material covered in this video is available at https://stattrek.com/statistics/measurement-scales.

About Stat Trek's Video Series

A little history: About two decades ago, Stat Trek produced a free online tutorial covering the complete curriculum for AP Statistics. The tutorial, which can be found at https://stattrek.com/tutorials/ap-statistics-tutorial, was to designed to help students prepare for and pass the AP Statistics exam. Consisting of 69 easy-to-understand written lessons, the tutorial was very well-received.

Of course, there is always room for improvement. With that in mind, some students suggested supplementing the written lessons with video instruction. The Stat Trek video series is our response to that suggestion. So far, we've produced 43 video lessons, one video lesson for each of the first 43 written lessons from Stat Trek's' AP Statistics Tutorial.

The work continues. We're adding videos little by little. Eventually, we intend to have a video for each of the 69 written lessons from the tutorial.