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What is nominal data?
What is nominal data?
- Data that is categorical and the numbers are used as identifiers or a representation. (correct)
- Data that represents a quantity with equal units.
- Data that represents an ordered series of associations or rank order.
- Data that has an absolute zero.
Which of the following is an example of ordinal data?
Which of the following is an example of ordinal data?
- The height of a person in centimeters.
- A contest where individuals are competing to achieve first, second, or third place. (correct)
- The social security number.
- The numbers on the back of a jersey.
What is the difference between interval and ratio data?
What is the difference between interval and ratio data?
- Interval data has an absolute zero while ratio data does not have an absolute zero.
- Ratio data represents a quantity with equal units and has an absolute zero while interval data represents a quantity with equal units but does not have an absolute zero.
- Interval data represents a quantity with equal units and has an absolute zero while ratio data represents a quantity with equal units but does not have an absolute zero. (correct)
- There is no difference between interval and ratio data.