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    The main differences between interval and ratio scales are: 1. Interval scales do not have a true zero point, while ratio scales do have a defined zero point. 2. Only ratio scales allow taking the ratio between values. Interval scales only allow taking the difference between values. 3. Ratio scales provide more information than interval scales as they enable ranking, comparing intervals, and calculating ratios between values.

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    Discussion Question 2 - (CLOs covered: 1, 4)

    1. Explain the main differences between interval and ratio scale measurements.

    The main differences between interval and ratio scale measurements is the location of zero

    point. The interval scale doesnot process the characteristic of origin but ratio scale does. It

    means interval scale do not have zero-point even if interval scale shows the value zero

    (Myllyviita, Leskinen & Seppl, 2014). For examples, thermometer is an example of interval

    scales which denoted zero degree Celsius. It doesnot not mean starting points of thermometer

    but represent a point where water freeze. The central values such as mode, median, and

    arithmetic mean is calculated in interval scale. But Geometric mean and Harmonic doesnot

    cannot be calculated (Halme,2002).

    For examples, when we measure the weight, the differences between 40 to 60 pounds is the

    same as the difference between 120 to 140 pounds; each 20 pounds of interval has the same

    physical meaning. Therefore, we can take difference between two values in Interval scale but we

    can take ratio between two values in it.

    Whereas, Ratio scales possess characteristic of origin and provides the richest information

    about the traits it measures among the scale types (Collier, LaPorte & Seawright, 2012). It

    defined absolute zero point and enable researcher to identify or classify objects, rank the objects,

    and compare intervals or differences. We also calculated ratio of scales values that absence in

    interval scale. For examples, we can measure and say that the differences between 40 and 60

    pounds is equal to the differences between 120 and 140 and 120 is three times as large as 40 in

    an absolute sense. Ratio scales can calculated central values such as Geometric mean and

    Harmonic mean (Hair, Celsi, Ortinau & Bush, 2013).

    References
    Myllyviita, T., Leskinen, P., & Seppl, J. (2014). Impact of normalization, elicitation technique

    and background information on panel weighting results in life cycle assessment. The

    International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 19(2), 377-386.

    doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11367-013-0645-6

    Halme, M. (2002, February 16). Dealing with interval scale in data envelopment analysis.

    European Journal of Operational Research, 137(1), 22.

    Collier, D., LaPorte, J., & Seawright, J. (2012). Putting typologies to work: Concept formation,

    measurement, and analytic rigor. Political Research Quarterly, 65(1), 217-232. Retrieved

    from http://search.proquest.com.ezp-01.lirn.net/docview/1009906541?accountid=158986

    Hair, J. F., Celsi, M. W., Ortinau, D. J. & Bush, R. P. (2013). Essentials of marketing research

    (3rd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

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