definitions

interval scale

noun

statistics a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of timesCompare ordinal scale, ratio scale, nominal scale

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interval, interval estimate, interval estimation, interval of convergence, interval phase, interval scale, interval signal, interval training, intervale, intervalometer, intervarsity
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