Nominal Variable Spss. In the sample data set the pet variable corresponds to the question described above but it is a string variable. For example the department of the company in which an employee works.
A variable can be treated as nominal when its values represent categories with no intrinsic ranking. By default variables with numeric responses are automatically detected as scale variables. Some procedures in spss treat categorical and scale variables differently.
In the sample data set the pet variable corresponds to the question described above but it is a string variable.
A nominal sometimes also called categorical variable is one whose values vary in categories. Gender varies in that an individual is either categorized as male or female. Spss assumes that the variable that specifies the category is numeric. A variable can be treated as nominal when its values represent categories with no intrinsic ranking.
