Approaches to the Analysis of Survey Data March 2001

Nominal Scale (discrete)

Simplest scale of measurement

Variables which have no numerical value

Variables which have categories

Count number in each category, calculate percentage

Examples:

o Gender

o Race

o Marital status

o Whether or not tumor recurred

o Alive or dead
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Cumulative
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent
Valid 1 2 1.6 7.7 7.7
2 1 .8 3.8 11.5
3 1 .8 3.8 15.4
5 3 2.4 11.5 26.9
6 1 .8 3.8 30.8
12 1 .8 3.8 34.6
13 1 .8 3.8 38.5
14 1 .8 3.8 42.3
15 2 1.6 7.7 50.0
17 1 .8 3.8 53.8
18 1 .8 3.8 57.7
19 2 1.6 7.7 65.4
20 2 1.6 7.7 73.1
22 1 .8 3.8 76.9
24 1 .8 3.8 80.8
30 1 .8 3.8 84.6
39 1 .8 3.8 88.5
40 1 .8 3.8 92.3
45 1 .8 3.8 96.2
100 1 .8 3.8 100.0
Total 26 20.5 100.0
Missing System 101 79.5
Total 127 100.0