Ranked data

Data which has been ranked in order of size (or some other variable). For example:

Child Position in class test
Ahmet 6
Bertie 3
Catherine 4
Derek 10
Ellen 2
Firaz 5
Gina 7
Hafiz 1
Indira 8
Jeraj 9

Data are often rearranged into order of rank, or rank ordered:

Position in class test

 Child
1 Hafiz
2 Ellen
3 Bertie
4 Catherine
5 Firaz
6 Ahmet
7 Gina
8 Indira
9 Jeraj
10 Derek

 

 

Most recently updated at 19:09 (British time) on 03 January 2005