Continuous and Discrete Variables |
Variables in Tetrad govern the type of data that can be stored in data sets. There are two types of variables: continuous variables and discrete variables. Continuous variables accept real numbers as values; discrete variables accept discrete values from a specified list as values. Since in searches, estimations, and update algorihtms a great deal hangs on which types of variables one uses and, in the discrete case, what the specific features of the variables are, it is helpful to understand how they're constructed.