Ranking/Ordering the results of Users rankings/ordering

[RoyMi6]

Sorry for the obscure title, I can't think of the proper terminology.

Partner is having to rationalise some data based on user feedback.

In essence the users were given 10 cards and told to order the cards based on preference.

Obviously they've all come back in completely different orders but how do you rationalise that data?

So say there's 4 cards: a,b,c and d.

User one orders them with preference a,b,c,d
User two orders them with preference a,b,d,c
User three orders them: a,b,d,c

Then the options would be ranked: a,b,d,c

But how does that extend over 10 options and 100 users?

Please don't ask me why they set a task without knowing how to use the data...

 

[bayo000]

Would you not assign each position a point from 1 to 10 and then count each card's score based on that?

E: if points are tied then maybe pick a card which was overall more popular. IE card that scores 10 once but otherwise is ranked at the bottom would be behind a card that is ranked higher up consistently