One of the most well known examples to demonstrate interval scales is the measurement of temperature (Types of Data & Measurement Scales, 2012). The difference between 30 – 40 degrees Celsius is a quantifiable ten degrees as is the same difference for 80 – 90 degrees Celsius (Types of Data & Measurement Scales, 2012). However, one issue with interval scales is that there is no true zero (Types of Data & Measurement Scales, 2012). The best way to describe this based on the example just used is that temperature will always have a measurement; it is not possible to have no temperature (Types of Data & Measurement Scales, 2012). What this basically means for interval scales is that it is not possible to compute ratios because there is no true zero (Types of Data & Measurement Scales, 2012). …show more content…
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