Midpoint Recoding
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A form of recoding where an Ordered Categorical Variable is recoded as a Numeric Variable by replacing categories with their midpoints. For example:
| Original Categorical Variable |
Recoded Numeric Variable |
|---|---|
| 18 to 24 | 21 |
| 25 to 34 | 30 |
| 35 to 54 | 55 |
| 55 or more | 65 |