Which of the following scales of measurement is synonymous with ranking or ordering?

ANominal scale

BOrdinal scale ✓ Correct

CInterval scale

DRatio scale

Correct answer: (B) Ordinal scale

Explanation

The ordinal scale is synonymous with ranking or ordering, placing cases in graded sequence without equal intervals.

It shows more than or less than relations but not how much difference lies between the ranks.

Nominal scale only classifies into unordered categories such as gender or religion.

Interval scale adds equal distances between points yet lacks a true zero.

Ratio scale carries equal intervals plus an absolute zero, allowing multiplication.

Stevens set out these four levels of measurement in 1946.

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