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Preferred term

ordinal scale

Definition

A way of measuring that ranks subjects (puts them in an order) on some variable. The differences between the ranks need not be equal (as they are in an ∗interval scale). [Source: Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology; Ordinal Scale (or Level of Measurement)]

Broader concept

non-parametric statistics

Belongs to group

methods

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/ordinal_scale

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