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Which of the following is/are nominal data?
Suggested Answer: C
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Nominal data is considered unordered categories. Sex answers fall into male or female which is unordered. Race can be multiple answers such as Caucasian, African American, Asian, etc which is unordered. Blood group can only have blood type O, A, B, or AB which is also unordered. Ordered, or ordinal data would have categories that are in some sort of order
http://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-readers/publications/statistics-square-one
15 comments · newest first
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Gwen
1 month ago
Exactly! Nominal data is all about names and labels.
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Cherri
1 month ago
But A, B, and C are just categories. Makes sense!
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Mee
1 month ago
Right, D and E have a ranking system.
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Casie
2 months ago
D and E seem ordinal to me, not nominal.
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Shenika
2 months ago
I agree, A, B, and C fit. No order in them.
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Alpha
2 months ago
I think A, B, and C are nominal data.
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Paz
2 months ago
I thought stages of breast cancer were ordinal too.
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Nickie
2 months ago
Blood group is definitely nominal, no doubt!
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Juan
2 months ago
Wait, are NYHA stages really nominal? Seems like they have an order.
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Darrin
3 months ago
Totally agree, those are all categories.
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Alex
3 months ago
A, B, and C are nominal data.
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Hannah
3 months ago
I feel like I’ve seen questions where D and E were classified differently, but I can’t recall exactly how.
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Latrice
3 months ago
I practiced a similar question, and I think nominal data includes A, B, and C, but I’m confused about D and E.
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Lajuana
3 months ago
I’m not entirely sure, but I think D and E might not be nominal since they have a progression.
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Ashley
4 months ago
I remember nominal data is about categories without a specific order, so A, B, and C seem like good options.