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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1010646
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 2
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The Danger of Dichotomizing Continuous Variables: A Visualization
Kuss, Oliver
Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, v35 n2 p78-79 Sum 2013
Four rather different scatterplots of two variables X and Y are given, which, after dichotomizing X and Y, result in identical fourfold-tables misleadingly showing no association. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.)
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