If you have a constant sweet taste in your mouth, itâs possible you have taste impairment, meaning thereâs a problem with your ability to taste. There are many reasons for taste impairment, including a nasal infection, cold, or flu.
Discrete vs. Continuous Variables. Quantitative variables can be further classified as discrete or continuous. If a variable can take on any value between its minimum value and its maximum value, it is called a continuous variable; otherwise, it is called a discrete variable.
Scenario 1: The continuous DV is measured with error. However, there is no systematic pattern in the size of this error across different social groups (i.e., measurement error is uncorrelated with the independent variables). Let Y* denote the true DV. We wish to model the relation between different independent variables (e.g., social groups) and Y*.