I have a basic stats question, followed by a basic SAS question 🙂 I'm working my way through analyzing data for an assignment. For my dependent variable(motor and cognitive recovery post-stroke), I have data from a questionnaire, with possible scores between 18 and 126. My independent variables (positive affect and social support) are also rated on scales of 0 to 12 and 11 to 55. I'm struggling with what type of tests to run, because I'm not sure what to consider the data. Are they continuous, discrete, or could they be considered ordinal since the higher the scale, the more positive the result? I might be overthinking, but any help is appreciated. My second question is, what tests work best for these type of data?
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