Question

classify the data as nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio: student letter grades are downloaded at a given school.
nominal
ordinal
interval
ratio

Explanation:

Student letter - grades (e.g., A, B, C, D, F) have an order (A is better than B, etc.), but the differences between them are not consistent in a numerical sense and there is no true zero. Ordinal data has a natural order.

Answer:

B. Ordinal