(1) The position of an item relative to others in a set ordered according to the value of each member of the set in relation to the others. (2) The act of ordering the members of a set according to the value of each member in relation to the others. For example, the numbers 0.95, 0.87, 1.09, and 0.83 have ranks of 3, 2, 4, and 1. See Spearman rank test.
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