Question

A sample of students were asked to categorize their most frequently occurring nightmare. The options they were given were : (1) being naked in public, (2)being chased by a wild animal, (3)being lost, (4)forgetting to study for a test, and (5)other. The responses of 24 surveyed students were: 2,5,3,2,1,4,5,4,5,3,2,2,1,4,5,5,5,2,2,4,3,1,5,5.

a) is the recorded data interval, ordinal, or nominal data? Give a reason for your answer.

Answer 1

This is nominal right?

Answer 2

Yes, it's nominal data.

Answer 3

Can you give me the reason?

Answer 4

It's in the form of frequencies of occurrence for options which cannot be measured or have no numerical meaning.