tuffrings.bsky.social @tuffrings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Within (3), they describe two sub-types, nominal and ordinal. They also say binary data is technically categorical. Within (1), they say a unit means the same thing across all values, which seems like an informal definition of interval data. 110
tuffrings.bsky.social @tuffrings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026None of those sub-definitions is in itself incorrect. But their placement seems quite odd. 110
tuffrings.bsky.social @tuffrings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You're familiar with the nominal/ordinal/interval/ratio data classification, which is widely used in survey research. Statistics also makes a distinction between continuous and discrete data. 100
