Question

A professor records the majors of her 30 students as follows: Accounting Economics Undecided Finance Management Management Finance Marketing Economics Management Marketing Finance Marketing Accounting Finance Finance Undecided Management Undecided Economics Economics Accounting Management Undecided Economics Accounting Economics Management Accounting Economics Click here for the Excel Data File a. What is the measurement scale of these data?

Answer 1

Answer: Nominal

Explanation:

When the Nominal measurement scale is used, it means the data was sorted into labels or names which is why it is sometimes referred to as Named data. For instance, sorting dogs in a park into their species i.e Husky, American Bull, German Shephard etc.  

There is no quantitative value and usually there is no ordering method to this measurement scale.

The professor sorted her students according to their majors which in this case acted as labels so the Professor was using the Nominal measurement scale.