At 12:12 AM 3/25/2004, you wrote:
If I may add to the postings that preceded this one....
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.
Well, what if you have a foster child ... ? Could that be a legit .2?
Treating a foster child as anything less than 'one of the family' is a sure path to problems. :)
Not to mention children in 'blended families'....
Maybe if we claim a snapshot in time, we could claim 0.2 'on the way.' :)
But who's counting?
Cheers, Jay
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