If five students are ranked from best to worst in terms of potential for graduate study, the ranks form
A) a ratio scale
B) an interval scale
C) an ordinal scale
D) a nominal scale

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The ranks form an ordinal scale because they indicate an order or ranking of the students based on their potential, but do not provide information about the magnitude of differences between them.

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