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An ordinal scale is a method of categorising observation according to a scheme in which there is a sense of ordering between categories but the difference between categories is variable and unspecified. For example, the scale {strongly disagree, disagree, neither disagree nor agree, agree, strongly disagree}.

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Q: What is the ordinal scale in statistics?
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