What Are the Properties of the Nominal Scale of Measurement

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Short Answer

What are the properties of the nominal scale of measurement? Give an example.

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Definitions:

Volitional

Pertaining to the use of one's will. Often refers to actions taken as a result of one's own choice or decision-making processes.

Compulsory Treatment Orders

Legal orders which require a person with a mental health disorder to undergo treatment or therapy without their consent.

Coercive

Referring to the use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance or control over others.

Net-widening

The phenomena by which interventions designed to divert individuals from the criminal justice system actually increase the number of individuals being controlled or supervised by the system.