Continuous vs Categorical Variable
What is Variable? A variable is something that is need to be measured. it is a type of recorded piece of information or characteristic about a person or case or unit in our study. for Example : We might record the age of everyone in our sample and for every one we're recording the age but the age is going to change or vary from person to person so this is kind of the opposite of a constant which is always the same. for the sake of our discussion we have few examples like age , weight , BMI, does someone have disease, yes or no etc.. we summarize and analyze the data depend on type of variable we have. Type of variables: 1. Independent variable : It is also known as experimental or predictor variable. Independent variable is a variable that is the causes or reason of any situation which can be manipulated. 2. Dependent variable : Dependent variable is something that depends on their factors. It is also known as outcome variable. for Example : Time spent studying causes a c...