ANOVA on ranks means that we are looking at how different groups compare to each other based on their rank. For example, imagine you have three groups of people - group 1, group 2, and group 3. Each group is ranked 1-10 (1 being the lowest and 10 the highest). We can then use an ANOVA on ranks test to see which group has the highest rank, which group has the lowest rank, and if the ranks are different between the groups. ANOVA on ranks is a way to test how different groups compare to each other.