nominal variable

English

Noun

nominal variable (plural nominal variables)

(statistics, metrics) A variable with values which have no numerical value, such as gender or occupation.

Examples
Types of leaf arrangement opposite, alternate, whorled States of matter solid, liquid, gas, plasma

Synonyms

categorical variable

Coordinate terms

ordinal variable, cardinal variable, interval variable, ratio variable

Translations

nominal variable

Czech: nominální proměnná f
Finnish: luokitteluasteikollinen muuttuja
Icelandic: flokkunarbreyta f
Romanian: variabilă nominală f
Tagalog: pasapyaw na aligin

See also

Levels of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
dummy variable
MECE
nominal scale

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