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    Nominal scales assign numbers or labels to categories to classify or identify objects without implying quantitative value or relationships between categories. Examples of nominal scales include assigning numbers to behavioral patterns like extroversion, gender labels like male and female, and hair color categories like black, brown, or burgundy without quantitative meaning to the numbers. Nominal scales provide non-numeric labels to classify objects without quantitative significance to the numbers used.

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    Nominal scales assign numbers or labels to categories to classify or identify objects without implying quantitative value or relationships between categories. Examples of nominal scales include assigning numbers to behavioral patterns like extroversion, gender labels like male and female, and hair color categories like black, brown, or burgundy without quantitative meaning to the numbers. Nominal scales provide non-numeric labels to classify objects without quantitative significance to the numbers used.

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    Nominal scales assign numbers or labels to categories to classify or identify objects without implying quantitative value or relationships between categories. Examples of nominal scales include assigning numbers to behavioral patterns like extroversion, gender labels like male and female, and hair color categories like black, brown, or burgundy without quantitative meaning to the numbers. Nominal scales provide non-numeric labels to classify objects without quantitative significance to the numbers used.

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    SCALES OF MEASUREMENT

    Nominal Scale: Definition


    A Nominal Scale is a measurement scale, in which numbers serve as
    “tags” or “labels” only, to identify or classify an object. This
    measurement normally deals only with
    non-numeric (quantitative) variables or where numbers have no value.
    Nominal Scale Examples
    Here are some of the examples of nominal measurement that will help in understand this
    measurement scale better.
    1.How would you describe your behavioral pattern?
    •1-Extroverted
    •2-Introverted
    •3-Ambivert
    2.What is your gender?
    •1-Male
    •2-Female
    3.Could you please select an option from below to describe your hair color.
    •1-Black
    •2-Brown
    •3-Burgundy
    •4-Auburn
    •5-Other

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