O pewnych dylematach związanych z budową rankingu obiektów ze względu na poziom zjawiska złożonego

The paper presents a discussion on three crucial issues concerning the construction of ranking arrangements of objects on the basis of their multi-criteria estimates. The first problem that is faced by the researcher (or analyst) is the choice of diagnostic features. This choice is a decisive factor influencing the shape of the ranking arrangement being constructed. The second issue is the choice of the method of linear ordering of objects. The third issue, in turn, concerns the objects of the linear arrangement, which lead to the division of the total population into smaller groups according to the value of the synthetic variable. Because a review of the literature concerning the problems of ranking construction showed a variety of procedures that might be applied, the author thought it worthwhile to undertake a discussion on this subject.