Hi all, I need some clarifications on variable types and their specification in IVEWARE. I would appreciate any help with this.
I have 3 types of 'count/continuous/mixed' variables - these are all non-negative integer values - in addition they all have legitimate skips- e.g. A- has values from 1 to 24.... (Count?) B- has values from 0 to 1000.....( should this be considered a count or continuous given the range?) C- has values from 0 to 100 with over 20% =0... ( Mixed?) I recall having some problem previously with B- about there being too many categories- if we regard B as continuous how will we deal with '0'- given legitimate skips are set to zero for continuous variables? Would I specify them in the impute program as follows: Default Categorical; Count A; Continuous B; Mixed C; Would I specify the bounds statement as follows e.g. A- is number of hours - so values should only be between 1 and 24. Bounds A (1 < 24) B (0 < 1000) C (0 <100) Will the legitimate skips be coded to one higher than the last value as follows: A-25 B-1001 C-101 Thanks Mah-J
