Data obtained from a nominal scale
A)must be alphabetic
B)can be either numeric or nonnumeric
C)must be numeric
D)must rank order the data

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Data obtained from a nominal scale can be either numeric or nonnumeric, but it only serves to categorize or classify objects, people, or events with respect to different attributes or characteristics. Examples of nominal scale data include gender (male/female), race/ethnicity (e.g., African American, White, Hispanic), religion (e.g., Christianity, Islam, Buddhism), political affiliation (Democrat, Republican, Independent), and types of cancer (e.g., leukemia, lymphoma, sarcoma). There is no inherent ordering or ranking among the categories, and mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division are not meaningful.

Data Obtained from a Nominal Scale