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>Transforming weight into a binary variable with an arbitrary separation point is not sound statistical practice But the separation is not arbitrary. "Light en
by hackinthebochs 14y ago
>Transforming weight into a binary variable with an arbitrary separation point is not sound statistical practice
But the separation is not arbitrary. "Light enough to wield by women" is the important statistic here, so the value in question is binary by nature. Weight in isolation simply isn't what is being considered here.
- s_baby 14y agoThe effectiveness of a tool as a function of its weight is not necessarily linear either.