Ratio Scale

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A ratio measurement scale possesses all the characteristics of interval measurement, and there exists a zero that, the same as arithmetic zero, means ``nil'' or ``nothing.'' See Measurement Scales.

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School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 2052
Claude Sammut
Faculty of Information Technology, Clayton School of Information Technology, Monash University, P.O. Box 63, Victoria, Australia, 3800
Geoffrey I. Webb

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(2011). Ratio Scale. In: Sammut, C., Webb, G.I. (eds) Encyclopedia of Machine Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30164-8_700

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