Chapter $12$ describes how to ask good questions and focuses on how to use scales to measure attitudes. This article shares the results of a Consumer Reports list of the best supermarkets in the country and provides some insight into how the list was compiled.

The article shares a scale that Consumer Reports used to rate and rank $62$ supermarkets. Based on the information provided, which of the four types or levels of measurement was used to create this list? Cite reasons for your conclusion.