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“Did you like the movie?”

“Yes, I’d rate it at about four stars.”

“How did it compare to the two movies you saw last week?”

“I think this one ranks second among the three.”

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  1. Roger W. Johnson (1993), “How does the NFL rate the passing ability of quarterbacks?” College Mathematics Journal, 24: 451–453.

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Scheaffer, R.L., Watkins, A., Gnanadesikan, M., Witmer, J.A. (1996). Ratings and Ranks. In: Activity-Based Statistics. Textbooks in mathematical sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3843-8_9

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