interval variable

English

Noun

interval variable (plural interval variables)

1. (statistics) An ordinal variable with the additional property that the magnitudes of the differences between two values are meaningful.

Synonyms

• (variable with meaningful differences): equal-interval variable

Hypernyms

• cardinal variable

Coordinate terms

• categorical variable
• nominal variable
• ordinal variable
• ratio variable

Translations

variable

• Czech: intervalová proměnná f
• Finnish: välimatka-asteikollinen muuttuja
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: variabilă de interval f

See also

• Level of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• interval scale