a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
Compare ordinal scale, interval scale, ratio scale
Examples of 'nominal scale' in a sentence
nominal scale
Clinical condition was graded by the use of 5-point nominal scale.
Zoranović Uroš, Jevtić Miodrag, Jovanović Milan, Pucar Dragan, Čizmić Milica 2010, 'Hyperbaric oxygenation effects determination in the therapy of chronic occlusive lowerextremities arteries disease by the use of perfusion scintigraphy', Vojnosanitetski Pregledhttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2010/0042-84501004279Z.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Values of the analyzed parameters were measured on a nominal scale and characterized by means of numbers and percentages.
Anna Roszkowska, Justyna Kwolczak, Łukasz Świerszcz, Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna 2018, 'Assessment of basic knowledge on colorectal cancer and its prophylaxis in people livingin small city and countryside', Journal of Education, Health and Sporthttp://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/5999. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)