Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The word ‘nominal’ in reference to a variable means ‘number.’
2. A Likert scale is an additive index of five or seven point value ordinal variables.
3. A frequency distribution table is the best way to describe the dispersion of a nominal level variable.
4. Dispersion describes the number of categories in a variable.


1. false
2. true
3. true
4. false

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