Identify the level of measurement of the data and explain

Last updated: 1/29/2024

Identify the level of measurement of the data and explain what is wrong with the given calculation In a survey the favorite foods of respondents are identified as 0 for italian food 1 for mexican food 2 for chinese food and 3 for anything else The average mean is calculated for 551 respondents and the result is 1 1 The data are at the nominal level of measurement www What is wrong with the given calculation OA Such data are not counts or measures of anything so the average mean needs to be computed in a different way B Such data are not counts or measures of anything so it makes no sense to compute their average mean OC The true average mean is 1 3 OD There is nothing wrong with the given calculation