In nominal scales
A)the researcher obtains a ranking of objects with respect to a common factor.
B)the location of the zero point is fixed.
C)it is possible to say how many times greater or smaller one object is than another.
D)objects are assigned to mutually exclusive categories, but there is no necessary relationship between categories
E)none of the above.

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Nominal scales involve assigning objects to distinct categories without any inherent order or relationship between the categories, so option D is correct. Option A describes ordinal scales, option B describes ratio scales, and option C describes interval scales. Option E is not correct as there is a clear definition of nominal scales.

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