The appropriate descriptive measures for a nominal scale are:
A) mean and standard deviation.
B) mode and frequency distribution.
C) median and range.
D) median and percentile.

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For nominal scale data, the only appropriate descriptive measures are mode (the most commonly occurring value) and frequency distribution (the number of times each value appears in the data set). The mean, standard deviation, median, range, and percentile cannot be calculated for nominal data.

The Appropriate Descriptive Measures for a Nominal Scale Are