Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Nominal/categorical
• Qualitative
Ordinal
vs
Interval
• Quantitative
Ratio
Nominal Scale
naming, used to label, classify, or categorize data
(gender, SSN, number on athletic jersey, locker
number, address).
VARIABLE SCALES
PROPERTIES
Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio
Classify objects √ √ √ √
Rank objects √ √ √
Equal interval √ √
True zero point √