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
tuffrings.bsky.social @tuffrings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Now categorical can mean either nominal or discrete, and Hopkins section 3 clearly includes more than just nominal data. So presumably categorical here means discrete, and Hopkins sections 1 and 3 simply reflect the continuous/discrete distinction. 110
tuffrings.bsky.social @tuffrings.bsky.social · 06/10/2026It seems quite odd to then put a section 2 (Binary) in between them, when that is actually a very specific part of section 3. 210
