nominal scale

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noun

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 resultsCompare ordinal scale, interval scale, ratio scale

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Words nearby nominal scale

nominal damages, nominalism, nominalize, nominally, nominal par, nominal scale, nominal sentence, nominal value, nominal wages, nominate, nomination

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