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This book is concerned with the analysis of data, which we will simply define as measurements of a variable. To gain a deeper understanding of data analysis, though, we must first define some key terms and look at the process of measurement a little more closely. The starting point is the notion of a variable.
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Argyrous, G. (1997). Variables and their measurement. In: Statistics for Social Research. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14777-9_1
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