Scale

Category General
Difficulty Level Normal
Audience Level General
Description In this course, different concepts of nanotechnology are explained. Nano, technology, science and other basic concepts are terminologically introduced.
Overview
Nano is still a strange word for society. It is essential to know what exactly nano term is. This course helps us to recognize the meaning of nanotechnology. In order to make nano term more tangible, definition of technology, science and etc. is incorporated in this course.  By the end of this course, nano is not an unknown word anymore.

Booklet
Description
In this session we talk about 2 types of measurement scales: ordinal scale and ratio scale. These measurement scales are simply applied to sub-categorize different types of materials. Ordinal scales, the order of the values are what are important and significant.Ordinal scales typically use to measure non-numeric concepts like satisfaction, happiness, discomfort, etc.Ratio scale tells us the exact value between units. Examples of ratio variables include height, weight, and duration.

Mental Challenge
What is difference between measuring characteristics of weight and color of an apple?

Quizzes and Activities
Activity:Invent a measuring device with Lego that separates large piece of Lego from small ones.Is it possible or not? Could you o this activity without using the ruler?

Further Reading Sources
Site:
https://www.mymarketresearchmethods.com/types-of-data-nominal-ordinal-interval-ratio/

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIBZUk39ncI