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.

Examples
Absolute time: 10PM (today) > 8PM (today) 10PM (today) - 8PM (today) = 2 hours 8PM (today) + 2 hours = 10pm (today) 2PM + 10PM - not defined 10PM / 8PM - not defined 10PM * 8PM - not defined 10PM * 2 hours - not defined

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
• Romanian: variabilă de interval f

See also

• Level of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• interval scale