Which of the Following Statements About Nominal Data Is TRUE

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about nominal data is TRUE?

• A)Possible operations with nominal scales are few,but due to the fact that the properties of "greater than" or "less than" apply,the addition of numbers is permissible.
• B)The median is an appropriate measure of central tendency with nominal data.
• C)A nominal scale is associated with the concept of identification and categorization.
• D)Computing the mean is an acceptable statistical operation when one is dealing with nominal data.
• E)All of these are false.

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