MathGloss/N/Nominal scale

Examples
The following are examples of nominal variables:
 * Gender (male, female)
 * Handedness (left, right)
 * Eye color (brown, blue, green, hazel)
 * Online workshop participants' country of origin

Acknowledgements
Portions of this entry were adapted from
 * Nominal Scales at Online Statistics Education: An Interactive Multimedia Course of Study. Project Leader: David M. Lane, Rice University. Retrieved 30 January 2012.