SOLUTION: why cant you calculate median for nominal level data?
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Question 456565: why cant you calculate median for nominal level data?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since nominal data such as a list of names has no numerical value then an average name or the median name have no meaning. The list does have a mode however, the commonest name in the list.
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Ed
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