Jay Warner wrote:
> >What is equally, or more, important is _how_ you use the measurements. the
> >number of children per family in the USA is now around 2.2. No family has
> >0.2 children. But we still consider that the number, 2.2, has
> >meaning. Thus, the number of children per family is discrete, but it is
> >used as a continuous variable.
No: it's a discrete variable described by a continuous statistic,
(or a discrete distribution from a family witha continuous parameter)
>
> Well, what if you have a foster child ... ? Could that be a legit .2?
Dennis, speculating on the legitimacy of children, foster or
otherwise, is unkind, old-fashioned, and politically incorrect. <grin,
duck, & run>
-Robert Dawson
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