In JMP, data can be of different types. JMP refers to this as the modeling type of the data. Table 5.1 describes the three modeling types in JMP.
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Modeling Type and Description |
Examples |
Specific Example |
|---|---|---|
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Continuous Numeric data only. Used in operations like sums and means. |
Height Temperature Time |
The time to complete a test might be 2 hours, or 2.13 hours. |
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Ordinal Numeric or character data. Values belong to ordered categories. |
Month (1,2,...,12) Letter grade (A, B,...F) Size (small, medium, large) |
The month of the year can be 2 (February) or 3 (March), but not 2.13. February comes before March. |
|
Nominal Numeric or character data. Values belong to categories, but the order is not important. |
Gender (M or F) Color Test result (pass or fail) |
The gender can be M or F, with no order. Gender categories can also be represented by a number (M=1 and F=2). |