If you want to rank states, there are two broad roads to follow. First, you can administer questionnaires and respondents' reply to specific questions. However, this route presumes that respondents know about all the states you wish to rank. Typically, that doesn't happen. Respondents know about states they operate in (or are located in). Second, you can use objective data.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/how-states-were-ranked
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bibek-debroy-laveesh-bhandari
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/india-today-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/infant-mortality
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/development
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-supply
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/population
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electricity
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/education
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/budget
