At the beginning of the season, a sports writer predicts the teams that will finish in the top three places in the eastern, central, and western divisions. In this scenario, which type of measurement scale is the sports writer likely to have used?
A)Nominal
B)Ordinal
C)Interval
D)Ratio

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The sports writer is likely to use an ordinal scale as they are ranking the teams in order of their predicted finish. The order is meaningful, but the differences in ranking between the teams are not necessarily equal, as the first-place team is not necessarily twice as good as the second-place team, for example.

At the Beginning of the Season, a Sports Writer Predicts