A group of women tried five brands of fingernail polish and ranked them according to preference. What level of measurement is this?

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The ranking of the five brands of fingernail polish is an ordinal level of measurement, as there is a specific ranking order to the data. Nominal measurement is used for categorical data, while interval and ratio measurements require equal distances between values and a true zero point, respectively, which are not present in this scenario.

A Group of Women Tried Five Brands of Fingernail Polish