ratio variable

English

Noun

ratio variable (plural ratio variables)

1. (statistics) A variable with the features of interval variable and, additionally, whose any two values have meaningful ratio, making the operations of multiplication and division meaningful.

Examples
Speed 10 meters per second > 8 meters per second 10 mps - 8 mps = 2 mps 8 mps + 2 mps = 10 mps 10 mps / 8 mps = 1.25 (times as fast) 1.25 * 8 mps = 10 mps 10 mps * 8 mps = not defined

Hypernyms

• cardinal variable

Coordinate terms

• categorical variable
• nominal variable
• interval variable

Translations

ratio variable

Czech: poměrová veličina f, poměrová proměnná f Finnish: suhdeasteikollinen muuttuja Tagalog: tagwaying aligin

See also

• Level of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ratio scale