KIN 401: Lecture 1, Part 3
Table of Contents
- Lesson 1, Part 3: Measurement and Scale
- "Measurement" Is:
- Measurement Scales
- A Real-Number System: Order, Distance, and Origin
- Scale and Real Number System: Example
- Movie Rating Scale
- Richter Magnitude Scale: -1.5-12
- What About Richter Earthquake Severity Scale?
- Richter Scale Presented by TNT Explosions
- 1976 Tangshan Earthquake 7.8; Deaths = 240,000!
- Measurement Scales and Computation
- Variable and Score Limits
- Real Score Limits
Text and Images from Slide
"Measurement" Is:
- The process of assigning a number to an attribute of a person or an object;
- Person: Weimo Zhu
- Characteristics Number
- Gender 1 = male
- Seniority 15th
- Body temperature 90 F, but 37 C
- Height 70.8 in.