Nominal values are the values that a component is specified to be.
For example, the nominal value of a 10K resistor is 10K.
Its actual value may vary, though, based on its tolerance.
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The whole point of a nominal variable is that is has no numerical value associated with it. With a binary measure you can allocated the values 1 and 0 or +1 and -1 for observations where the attribute is present or absent. If there are more than 2 values that the nominal variable can take then you can allocate any numbers that you want but in all cases the numbers do not have a value: they are simply symbols which can help for sorting and for binary comparisons.
A nominal number names something-a telephone number, a player on a team. Nominal numbers do not show quantity or rank. They are used only to identify something.Here are some examples using nominal numbers:jersey number 4zip code 02116
intervals in degrees, nominal gender, ratio speed, ordinal grading
it is the nominal size?
Nominal Dimension Lumber is what it's cut to and Net dimensional Lumber is what it actually is.