An ordinal variable is a number that shows the position of an object within a series of objects with the use of a suffix, for example, "1st" or "453rd." When preparing a worksheet in Excel for your ...

A categorical variable is defined as one that can assume only a limited number of values. For example, a person's sex is a categorical variable that can assume one of two values. Variables with levels ...

Although the methodology for handling ordinal and dichotomous observed variables in structural equation models (SEMs) is developing rapidly, several important issues are unresolved. One of these is ...