Definition:Rank (Statistics)
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Definition
Let $S$ be a set of sample data which has been assigned a ranking $\RR$.
The index of a given $x \in S$ according to $\RR$ is known as its rank.
Also see
- Results about rankings can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): rank: 1.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): rank: 1.