Concept
Measurement Scales
Quantitative Problem Solving in Natural Resources / Quantities in the Real World
"Nominal quantities represent categories, ordinal quantities represent ranked values, interval quantities represent differences on a scale without a natural zero, and ratio quantities have a meaningful zero. Celsius temperature is interval-scaled, so 2°C is not twice 1°C, whereas Kelvin is ratio-scaled and supports such comparisons. The scale used for a quantity determines which manipulations and interpretations are valid."
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