Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Statement I:A dichotomous variable is one which has more than two categories.

Statement II:A nominal variable can have more than two categories.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are true

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are false

CStatement I is true but Statement II is false

DStatement I is false but Statement II is true ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Explanation

Statement 1 is false because a dichotomous variable has exactly two categories.

Gender coded as male and female is a typical dichotomous variable.

Statement 2 is true since a nominal variable can hold many categories.

Religion or blood group are nominal variables with several categories.

All dichotomous variables are nominal, but not all nominal ones are dichotomous.

Nominal categories carry no order or ranking among them.

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