Thinking like an investigator · Variables

Measurement and Representation

Does numeric coding make a variable continuous?

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A number is not necessarily a measurement

Software stores values. Investigators decide what those values mean. The digits 1, 2, and 3 might record amounts, ordered levels, or category labels—and those uses support different analytical claims.

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