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discontinuous
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discontinuous
Maths (of a function or curve) changing suddenly in value for one or more values of the variable or at one or more points


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The municipality has a noncontinuous water supply (every 2 days) and irregular garbage collection.
For the regression analysis, most noncontinuous demographic variables were dichotomized: residence was entered as rural versus urban, suburban or small town; marital status as currently married versus never-married, cohabiting, widowed, separated or divorced; religious affiliation as none versus Catholic, Protestant, other Christian or other; and political party as Republican versus Democrat, Independent or other.
The predictor variables in a logistic regression analysis can be continuous or noncontinuous.
 
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