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Data & Analytics · Foundational

Ordinal Data

Categorical data with a meaningful order but unequal or unknown spacing between categories.

Definition

Examples include Likert scales and education level. The median and percentiles are appropriate, while the mean is debated.

Example

Survey responses: Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree.

Exam tip

Ordered but not evenly spaced = ordinal.

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