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NABP NAPLEX Exam - Topic 5 Question 115 Discussion

Actual exam question for NABP's NAPLEX exam
Question #: 115
Topic #: 5
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Which of the following is/are nominal data?

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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


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Remona
15 days ago
Examples are gender, race, or city names.
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Veronica
20 days ago
I thought ordinal data was similar?
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Kenny
26 days ago
Wait, so numbers can't be nominal?
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Yan
1 month ago
Totally agree, it's all about labels!
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Zona
1 month ago
Nominal data includes categories like colors or names.
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Gail
1 month ago
Haha, this question is like a trick question. Nominal data is the one that's not numerical, but it's still important data!
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Mabel
2 months ago
Isn't nominal data the one where the values are just labels, not actual numbers? I'm pretty sure that's the correct answer.
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Helene
2 months ago
Hmm, I think nominal data is the one where you can't really do any mathematical operations on it. Like gender or race, for example.
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Karina
2 months ago
I'm pretty sure nominal data is the kind of data that doesn't have any numerical value. Just categories, right?
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Lemuel
2 months ago
Nominal data? Sounds like something straight out of a statistics textbook!
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Tracey
2 months ago
I think nominal data includes things like gender or types of fruit, but I hope I got that right!
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Colette
2 months ago
Nominal data is like labels, right? I feel like it’s about grouping things, but I might confuse it with ordinal data.
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Adelle
3 months ago
I remember practicing with a question about types of data, and nominal was definitely one of them, but I can't recall the exact examples.
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Kendra
3 months ago
I think nominal data refers to categories without any order, like colors or names, but I'm not entirely sure.
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Dean
4 months ago
No problem, I know the difference between nominal, ordinal, and other data types. I'll carefully evaluate each option and select the one(s) that match the nominal data criteria.
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Nguyet
4 months ago
I'm a bit confused by the terminology here. Is nominal data the same as qualitative data? I'll need to double-check the definitions to answer this correctly.
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Lindsey
4 months ago
Okay, I've got this. Nominal data is categorical, without any inherent order or numerical value. I'll make sure to identify the options that fit that description.
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Rebbecca
4 months ago
Nominal data? I'm not entirely sure what that means. I'll have to review my notes on the different data types before attempting this.
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Melita
4 months ago
Hmm, this seems like a straightforward question about data types. I'll need to think carefully about the characteristics of nominal data.
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