X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,d0a1a48224725a0c X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-11 09:03:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episodes 231-237 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 18:03:39 +0200 Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <3cb574c6.2783685@News.CIS.DFN.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1018540995 230519 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16807 "Timofei Shatrov" skrev i meddelandet news:3cb574c6.2783685@News.CIS.DFN.DE > ??? Quantity is 1,2,3,4 - discrete stuff. And quality is 0.1, 0.5, 0.1234 and so > on - any real number in [0,1]. Oh, I understand - it was a joke! No, I'm talking about "qualitative" and "quantitative", not "quality" and "quantity". There's a difference. F.ex. qualitative properties of a certain animal (it either has a tail or not, it has a discrete amount of legs et cetera) or a quantitative variable (measuring the current temperature or whatever, a real value). Actually, quantitative variables can also be discrete... That's statistics for you. :) -jg