Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (10.10.2022) Shift-II
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 — The answer is the ordinal scale.
Explanation
★The answer is the ordinal scale.
★An ordinal scale places data in a rank order.
★It shows which is higher or lower without fixing the exact gaps.
★So it is synonymous with ranking or ordering.
★The nominal scale only labels, and interval and ratio scales measure distances.
★So the ordinal scale is the correct answer.
★So the answer is the ordinal scale.
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