Represented Variable

Represented Variable

Concepts

A combination of a characteristic of a population to be measured and how that measure will be represented.

Examples: 
The pair (Number of Employees, Integer), where "Number of Employees" is the characteristic of the population (Variable) and "Integer" is how that measure will be represented (Substantive Value Domain). If the Variable is "Industry" and the Substantive Value Domain is "Level 1 of NACE 2007", the pair is (Industry, NACE 2007 - Level 1).

The Represented Variable "Sex of Person [1,2,3]", has the Variable (Sex of Person) and the representation (1=Male, 2=Female, 3=Other).