nominal variable

English

Noun

nominal variable (plural nominal variables)

1. (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

Bulgarian: номинална променлива f (nominalna promenliva) 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