Paper 3 · June 2023 · Statistics: measurement scales, Poisson, chi-square, spatial autocorrelation
Classify the data 'primary, secondary, tertiary' into the appropriate measurement scale.
Model answer
ordinal
Also accepted: ordinal scale, ordinal data
Explanation
These are ranked categories: an order exists, but the gap between primary and secondary is not measurable or equal to the gap between secondary and tertiary. That is the ordinal scale.
Derived from ZIMSEC Advanced Level Geography 6037/3 Paper 3 Practical Test, June 2023 session, Q1