RMS Modeling Longitudinal Responses
Datamethods Discussion Forum [Unofficial]
May 2, 2026
There is no amount of noise that makes categorization work better than using the raw noisy data. I have a simple interactive simulation program demonstrating this. As Cohen (of Cohen’s d) said, categorization turns a quantitative error into a qualitative error. A measurement error can make the category be off by 100%.
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