The goals and objectives of a statutory authority are typically set out in the originating act or in subsequent governmental guidance or instruction. Its senior management are chosen by the relevant government (State or Federal) and will work closely with its associated ministry or ministries.
Categorical Variables are variables that have a limited number of distinct values or categories. They are sometimes called discrete variables. Numeric Variables refer to characteristics that have a numeric values. They are usually continuous variables, i.e. all values in an interval are possible.
In general, the length of a variable depends on. 1  whether the variable is numeric or character. 2  how the variable was created. 3  whether a LENGTH or ATTRIB statement is present.