Examples of nominal measures are:

A. Gender

B. Religious affiliation

C. Birth place

D. Social classes

E. Intellectual sophistication

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

The correct answer is A, B, and C only.Key Points

• The nominal Scale is the crudest among all measurement scales but it is also the simplest scale. In this scale, the different scores on a measurement simply indicate different categories. The nominal scale does not express any values or relationships between variables
• Gender (Male, Female, and Transgender) cannot be ordered from high to low. Hence, it is a nominal measure.
• Religious affliction (Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, etc) cannot be ranked from high to low. Hence, it is a nominal measure.
• Birth Place where someone is born has no inherent order and can only be a nominal measure.

Additional Information

• Ordinal Scale involves the ranking of items along the continuum of the characteristic being scaled. In this scale, the items are classified according to whether they have more or less of a characteristic.
• Social Classes represent the various classes in the society like the higher class, middle class, and lower classes. It is an ordinal measure.
• Intellectual Sophistication segregates people with high and low intellectual levels. It is an ordinal measure.

Thus, Examples of nominal measures are Gender, Religious affiliation, and Birthplace.