Assuming for a moment that they are in fact ordinal, the dependent variables, purchases of certain offerings by product code, are either nominal (buy/not buy), or interval scale (sales dollar). So I'm ...
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The aeronautical sense of nominal derives from engineering where the nominal value is the specified dimension and the reference point for tolerances. The Free Dictionary offers the following definition (from McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6th edition) for tolerance: (engineering) A permissible deviation from a specified value, expressed in actual values or more often ...
Nominal. In cases of limits and fits for features of size modeling to mean will prevent you from specifying the nominal dimension with the asymmetric tolerance, from technical reasons, unless you do a workaround like a fake dimension. Then you will change the dimension structure & loose the design intent communication.
Oxford has synonyms for the two or three most widely used 'versions' of nominal. But the meanings are interrelated. If something is nominal, as in 'being in name only' (say a nominal head of a country), then the use of nominal for 2 follows that one: a nominal amount can be thought of an amount in name only, or a trifle. Someone not really being the head is similar to something not really ...