Answer:
Option C) Nominal
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given the following in the question:
Variable:
Nation of origin
Nominal and ordinal:
- Categorical variables can further be divided as nominal and ordinal.
- Nominal variable are simple name variable and no numeric value is used to express such variable.
- Ordinal variable are the variable where position plays an important role but again numerical value is not used to express them.
Ratio and interval:
- Numerical data can be divided as ratio and interval.
- Ratio is the data that have true zero value.
- For interval, absolute zero have no meaning.
Thus, the given variable that is name of origin is a categorical variable.
It is a nominal variable as position plays no role in this.
Thus, the correct answer is
Option C) Nominal