Question

what type of scale is this ? ordinal or nominal ? an auto dealership records the number of cars sold during the past 12 months. is there evidence to indicate that the number of cars sold increases?

Answer 1

Do you know what the definition of the terms ordinal and nominal are?

Answer 2

ordinal have number but nominal do not.. right ?

Answer 3

My textbook defines an ordinal scale as "a measurement scale in which numbers are ranks, but equal differences between numbers do not represent equal differences between the things measured." (Spatz 2011). A nominal scale is "a measurement scale in which numbers serve only as labels and do not indicate a quantitative relationship.
I think an ordinal scale would be used to describe how many cars are sold in 12 months.
Perhaps this car dealership sold 2 cars in Jan., 4 cars in Feb., etc. The number of cars sold per month is just a label. 2 cars sold in January does not indicate a relationship between the number of cars sold and the month of the year.