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● Ordinal scale

In ordinal scale, numbers represent the

ranking and order of the data without a clear

degree of variation between the ranks. Ordinal data

are quantitative data of naturally occurring ranks

to provide information about ‘more than’ or ‘less

than’. Therefore, ordinal data can provide a

measure of magnitude of non-numeric

characteristics such as satisfaction, preference and

happiness. One commonly used example of

ordinal scale is the Likert scale that aims to

describe for instance respondent’s satisfaction