Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET December 2023 (11.12.2023) Shift-I
Which among the following types of variable can NOT be rank ordered?
ANominal ✓ Correct
BOrdinal
CInterval
DRatio
Correct answer: (A) Nominal — A nominal variable cannot be rank ordered, so the answer is nominal.
Explanation
★A nominal variable cannot be rank ordered, so the answer is nominal.
★A nominal variable sorts data into named categories with no inherent order.
★Its categories, such as gender or religion, cannot be ranked from low to high.
★An ordinal variable does have a meaningful order among its categories.
★Interval and ratio variables are numeric and can be ordered and measured.
★So only the nominal variable cannot be rank ordered.
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