Ordinal Variables Are Ranked Ashleigh and Pudsey came in first in the 2012 Britain’s Got Talent, becoming the first winning act that included a dog; classical singers Jonathan and Charlotte came in second. Because this is an ordinal variable, regardless of how much better Ashleigh and Pudsey were than Jonathan and Charlotte, they are still ranked one and two.
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