At the beginning of the season, a sports writer predicts the teams that will finish in the top three places in the eastern, cent
ral, 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
Given statement : A sports writer predicts the teams that will finish in the top three places in the eastern, central, and western divisions. It means he will predicts the teams that will finish in an order ( from first to third ) . It means the sports writer likely to use ordinal scale.
Hence, B is the right answer.
An ordinal scale is a level of measurement scale which is used to arrange a data into an order.