NOMINAL

Nominal is from the Latin nomalis, which means “pertaining to names”. It’s another
name for a category.

 Cannot be quantified.
 Cannot be assigned any order.
 A nominal variable is another name for a categorical variable.

Examples of Nominal Variables

 Gender (Male, Female, Transgender).
 Eye color (Blue, Green, Brown, Hazel).
 Type of house (Bungalow, Duplex, Ranch).
 Type of pet (Dog, Cat, Rodent, Fish, Bird).

Another example:

A pie chart displays groups

of nominal variables (i.e.
categories).

The nominal scale, sometimes called the  qualitative type, places non-numerical data
into categories or classifications. For example:
 Placing cats into breed type. Example: a Persian is a breed of cat.
 Putting cities into states. Example: Jacksonville is a city in Florida.
 Surveying people to find out if men or women have higher self-esteem.
 Finding out if introverts or extroverts are more likely to be philanthropic.
ORDINAL

Ordinal: means  in order. Includes “First,” “second” and “ninety ninth.”

 The ordinal scale contains things that you can place in order.
 Ordinal” indicates “order”. Ordinal data is quantitative data which have naturally
occurring orders and the difference between is unknown. It can be named,
grouped and also ranked.

Examples:

1st example:

The ordinal scale classifies

according to rank.

2nd example:

Other examples:

 High school class ranking: 1st, 2nd, 3rd…

 Socioeconomic status: poor, middle class, rich.
 The Likert Scale: strongly disagree, disagree, neutral, agree, strongly agree
 References:
 https://www.statisticshowto.com/probability-and-statistics/statistics-
definitions/nominal-ordinal-interval-ratio/
 https://www.statisticshowto.com/probability-and-statistics/descriptive-
statistics/scales-of-measurement/