INTERPRETATION OF TEST
SOCRES
TOPIC:
ORDERING AND
RANKING
ORDERIN
G:
Definition:
ASCENDING ORDER:
Arranged from lowest to
highest:
85, 9O, 95, 100, 110, 115,
125, 130, 135, 140
DESCNENDING ORDER:
Arranged from highest to lowest:
140, 135, 130, 125, 115, 110,
100,95,
90, 85
RANKING:
Definition:
Definition #2
Ranking:
Ranking is the relationship
between two mathematical
values where each value can be
less than, greater than, or equal
to the second value.
EXAMPLE:
SERIAL NO # SOCRES RANK
1 62 1st
2 53 2nd
3 45 3rd
4 45 3rd
5 39 5th
EXAMPLE:
Rank the following scores obtained
by 5 students of class 2nd in mathematics
test:
45, 62, 39, 53, 45
EXAMPLE:
SERIAL NO # SOCRES RANK
1 62 1st
2 53 2nd
3 45 3rd
4 45 3rd
5 39 5th
Types of Ranking:
There are three main types of ranking:
1. Standard competition
ranking
2. Ordinal ranking
3. Fractional ranking
1. Standard competition ranking:
Definition:
Standard competition ranking, or SCR,
is a ranking system in which the mathematical
values that are equal are given equal rank and
the next, lesser value is given the next highest
rank.
EXAMPLE:
Our order is:
62, 53, 45, 45, 39, 34, 29.5, 28.5, 20
.
According to this order, the first student scored 62 marks ,
second student 53 marks, but we have a problem when it
comes to third place. There are two same score 45 marks.
According to standard competition ranking, the mathematical
values that are equal are given equal rank and the next, lesser
value is given the next highest rank. Therefore, both students
would receive third place, and the student that have 39 marks
would receive fifth place.
Notice that we skipped fourth place. For this particular
ranking system, in this situation, fourth place does not exist
because of the third place tie.
2. Ordinal ranking:
Definition:
Ordinal ranking is a system of
ordering where each mathematical value is
given a certain position in a sequence of
numbers where no positions are equal
.
EXAMPLE:
Let's move on to ordinal ranking. We already
ordered our data, so let's take a look at it one more
time:
62, 53, 45, 45, 39, 34, 29.5, 28.5, 20
According to the ordinal ranking system, each
mathematical value is given a certain position in a
sequence of numbers where no positions are equal.
Therefore, the competition officials would have to
come up with a way to break the tie,
An example of an arbitrary but consistent system
would be to incorporate other attributes into the
ranking order (such as alphabetical ordering of the
[Link] ranking:
Definition:
Fractional ranking is a system of ordering
in which the mathematical values that are
equal are given the mean of the ranking
positions.
EXAMPLE:
Now for fractional ranking. Once again, let's
have a last look at our data:
62, 53, 45, 45, 39, 34, 29.5, 28.5, 20
According to the fractional ranking system, the
mathematical values that are equal are given the
mean of the ranking positions. Therefore, the
competition officials would have to take third and
fourth place and find the mean, like this:
FORMULA:
R=SN1+SN2/NTS
3 + 4 = 7/2 = 3.5
Importance of Ordering and Ranking:
Ranking students achievement.
Analyzing and evaluating research.
Important part of competitions.