Nominal variables can be used to identify different attributes, for example, if doing a survey of college students different faculties might be identified as: 1-Business 2-Law 3-Computing etc..

data analysis

Scales of measurement

NOMINL SCALE- This is similar to a label or a code
to identify and distinguish objects.

ORDINAL SCALE- ordinal scale is a comparative measure
and is usually used for the purpose of ranking.
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While the scale can be used to rank high to low
the difference between points cannot be precisely
quantified

RATIO SCALE- a ratio scale can be used for identification
ranking and for a wide range of mathematical calculations.

INTERVAL SCALE- is like ratio scale but the term 0(zero) does not actually imply non-occurrence, Eg: if we were to analyse a companies income for each month of the year and noticed 0 in March then that would imply no sales. but if we were to have 0 on a thermometer it would have just as much purpose as 17 degrees would.

CENSUS- a census is a form of information gathering where every element of the population is surveyed.

The objective is to collect a complete set of Data the true population parameter can be determined.

EXAMPLE: if i wanted to know the average age of a group of 300 students and i surveyed all 300 of them, I can calculate the true average age of the group.

A RANDOM VARIABLE- is a variable that changes in an unexpected and random way such as the share prices of a stock exchange

VARIABLES-is something that is changeable and can be measured on a numerical scale, Eg: the income of a group of houses or the average height of a group of people.

ATTRIBUTES-is something that an object either has or has not, Eg: whether you are male or female is an attribute your either female or not female.