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Nominal is the type of variables, which normally come in form of set of values that have no meaning in both numerical and order. So the characteristic of it will be incomparable and unavailable to do the addition computation or any arithmetic. | Nominal is the type of variables, which normally come in form of set of values that have no meaning in both numerical and order. So the characteristic of it will be incomparable and unavailable to do the addition computation or any arithmetic. | ||
Note : Nominal data can be converted into ordinal data by alphabetical sorting | Note : Nominal data can be converted into ordinal data by alphabetical sorting | ||
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Sample 1 : Table, Bag, Fan, Light, Television, etc.<br> | Sample 1 : Table, Bag, Fan, Light, Television, etc.<br> | ||
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Sample 6 : Honda, Yamaha, Benz, Toyota, Jaguar, Isuzu, Ford, etc.<br> | Sample 6 : Honda, Yamaha, Benz, Toyota, Jaguar, Isuzu, Ford, etc.<br> | ||
Sample 7 : Police, Teacher, Business Person, Singer, Actor, etc. | Sample 7 : Police, Teacher, Business Person, Singer, Actor, etc. | ||
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[Nata AIT, 2006]<br> | [Nata AIT, 2006]<br> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:02, 29 November 2006
Nominal
Nominal is the type of variables, which normally come in form of set of values that have no meaning in both numerical and order. So the characteristic of it will be incomparable and unavailable to do the addition computation or any arithmetic.
Note : Nominal data can be converted into ordinal data by alphabetical sorting
Sample 1 : Table, Bag, Fan, Light, Television, etc.
Sample 2 : Car, Bicycle, Motorcycle, Truck, etc.
Sample 3 : http://www.google.com, http://www.ait.ac.th, http://www.yahoo.com
Sample 4 : Jazz, Rock, Pop, Classic, Rap, Hip-Hop, etc.
Sample 5 : Dog, Cat, Cow, Hen, Duck, Tiger, etc.
Sample 6 : Honda, Yamaha, Benz, Toyota, Jaguar, Isuzu, Ford, etc.
Sample 7 : Police, Teacher, Business Person, Singer, Actor, etc.
[Nata AIT, 2006]