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Nov 17, 2020, 3:36:47 AM11/17/20
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Screenshot_20201117-140419_Chrome.jpgPlease explain why median is not defined for this variable

Pranav Dave

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Nov 17, 2020, 3:44:13 AM11/17/20
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The data should be ordinal or numerical to define a median but the data here is nominal

Sanchi Priyanshu

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Nov 17, 2020, 5:27:32 AM11/17/20
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 how will know from data given that it is nominal cause here in piw chart only names are given along with its perentage ,how will we tell it is nominal and why not interval or ordinal same query is in this actvity question no. 1

Statistics 1 Support 1

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Nov 17, 2020, 5:31:35 AM11/17/20
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Hi,
Here variable is taking values as Acer, Lenovo, etc. Can you find any order between these values? These are just names and therefore have a nominal scale of measurement.

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Nitin Jha
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