Talk:Statistics/Different Types of Data

It's book - not an encyclopedia!
Sorry to say this, but the current text is valueless. J. Morgan 6 Feb 2006

The section currently says:


 * Some made-up examples of ordinal scales are <0,1,2> representing ,  representing , and <-10,-9,-8> representing . Note that in these examples, the exact difference between [peaceful] from [threatened] was not important in determining that the next rank is [at war]; it is only important that [peaceful] is stronger than [threatened] in the same way that [threatened] is stronger than [at war].

How are the four colours ordinal? I can't see how they are supposed to be ranked data at all. Jimbotyson (discuss • contribs) 11:11, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

I removed the examples about planar objects, colours and peace and war and replaced it with an example of a Likert scale to illustrate the notion of rank. I think this is clearer. Jimbotyson (discuss • contribs) 15:13, 12 October 2011 (UTC)