1. Are the following nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio data? Explain your answers.
(a) Temperatures measured on the Kelvin scale.
(b) Military ranks.
(c) Social security numbers.
(d) Number of passengers on buses from Delhi to Mumbai.
(e) Code numbers given to the religion of persons attempting suicide.
2. Discuss the relative merits and demerits of
(a) Rating vs. Ranking scales.
(b) Summated vs. Cumulative scales.
(c) Scalogram analysis vs. Factor analysis.