Soccer positions (i.e. Defender, Midfielder, Forward) is there any order

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I am unable to understand if is there any order in soccer position or is just random because I have to answer whether it is ordinal data or not

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Firstly the variable involved here is categorical and in the rules of football there is no certain order that is associated with the given positions. Like -> Defender, Mid-Fielder and Forward Forward, Mid - Fielder and Defender Hence, Soccer positions is a nominal scale of measurement.

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