discrete variable

noun

a variable that may assume only a countable, and usually finite, number of values.

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Conventional social science has a fundamental assumption, which is that you can take development and break it down into discrete variables, and you can apply an intervention and get a predictable outcome.
Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? (Ep. 481) | Stephen J. Dubner | November 4, 2021 | Freakonomics

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