Nominal measures classify observations in which of the following ways
A)into mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories
B)into ordered categories
C)into categories with equal spacing between the intervals
D)into categories having a meaningful zero point

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Nominal measures classify observations into mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories, meaning each observation can belong to one and only one category, and all possible observations are covered by the categories defined. Choices B, C, and D describe ordinal, interval, and ratio levels of measurement, respectively, not nominal.

Nominal Measures Classify Observations in Which of the Following Ways