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ORDINAL: A measurement based on a ranking, such as first, second, and third, that enables a relative comparison of more or less. Relative comparability means, for example, that first is more than second and second is more than third, but how much more is not known. Cardinal measures, which use a quantitative measurement scale, is an alternative type of measure. An ordinal measure can be thought of as a list for high to low, good to bad, top to bottom, and are often based on subjective evaluations of items. The notion of ordinal measurement is most often seen in the economic analysis of indifference curves and utility.
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SCARCITY A pervasive condition of human existence that results because society has unlimited wants and needs, but limited resources used for their satisfaction. This fundamental condition is the common thread that binds all of the topics studied in economics.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time watching the shopping channel seeking to buy either a hepa filter for your furnace or a wall poster commemorating next Thursday. Be on the lookout for strangers with large satchels of used undergarments.
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Three-forths of the gold mined each year is used to manufacture jewelry.
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