FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The telephone number of an individual is a nominal variable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of nominal data In social scientific research, nominal variables often include gender, ethnicity, political preferences or student identity number. Variable types that can be coded in only 2 ways (e.g. yes/no or employed/unemployed) are called binary or dichotomous.

Detailed explanation-4: -Quantitative data consist of numerical measurements or counts. There are four different levels of measurement which determines which statistical calcula-tions are meaningful. They are nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. Data at the nominal level of measurement are qualitative.