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What representative value for a nominal variable such as religious affiliation?
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Which statistical tool is applicable in describing nominal variable?
Mean
What type of variable is gender?
Nominal (categorical), and Dependent (it is measured and accounted for, but a researcher cannot manipulate gender).
Why are none of the measures of variability appropriate for a nominal variable?
A nominal variable is where you assign a number to a category. Imagine a variable called "animal" where 1=sheep, 2=cow, 3=dog, etc. Calculating the average, standard deviation or other continuous measures of "animal" in this context wouldn't make any sense. That is, an average "animal" of, say, 4.567 with standard deviation of 1.234 doesn't mean anything. You could, however, calculate a mode, which is the most frequently occurring category.
When does it make sense not to connect points on a coordinate graph?
There are a number of situations when it does not make sense. Among these, the two main reasons are:The variable along the x-axis is nominal (categorical) or ordinal.The variable along the y-axis is not continuous.
Is work settings nominal or ordinal?
They are nominal.
The scale of measurement for the variable eye color is?
Nominal
Is race a nominal variable?
yes
Mental illnesses ethnic background and political affiliation are examples of what data?
Nominal
Is the price of an item considered nominal variable?
No. It is a discrete quantitative variable.
Difference between nominal and real variable?
A nominal variable is a variable measured in current dollars (the value of the dollar for the specific period discussed), and a real variable is a variable measured in constant dollars (the value of the dollar for the base period). That is, a real variable adjusts for the effects of inflation.
Which statistical tool is applicable in describing nominal variable?
Mean
Is prepaid insurance account a nominal account?
No, it is a real/permanent account. Insurance expense is a nominal account.
Is a nominal variable a discrete variable?
No. A discrete variable is one that takes discrete numerical values. But a discrete variable can be ordered while a nominal one cannot. Age, in years, is a discrete variable, and you can say that a 10-year old is younger than a 20-year old who is younger than a 40-year old. Favourite fruit would generate a nominal variable but you cannot say that a banana is more than an apple which, in turn, is more than an orange, etc. (Remember, you are talking only of the nominal values of the fruit - not their price or size or nutritional value or any such characteristic.)
What Jersey numbers of soccer players is an example of a variable?
nominal
Is months of the year a categorical variable?
It depends on how the variable is used. At its simplest, it would be a nominal or categorical value but, if used as part of a time series, it would be an ordinal variable.
What type of graph can be used to display the distribution of a nominal level variable?
It is a bar chart.
IS A major limitation of the nominal level of measurement is that a particular score represents only position with respect to some other score?
no. its a limitation of an ordinal variable not a nominal.
