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nominal scale

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nominal scale
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results Compare ordinal scale, interval scale, ratio scale

See: principal scale; scale.


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