Could "continuous" be replaced with another word?

[adaren]

Either "interval/ratio" or "quantitative" is formally better IMO

I would not count ordinal as quantitative, just as ranks. But interval/ratio is even better suited for beginners.

Explaining why "continuous" means "quantitative" takes some time as continuous vs discrete and continuous=quantitative makes some mess in beginners' minds. .

Of course we treat popular discrete data as "continuous" e.g. a number of people in a group or even money (cents are not divisible .
So while the name is understandable, the use of the term is not super handy for beginners ( for whom jamovi is in my opinion the best there is!!

[reason180]

Maybe follow SPSS's lead. Instead of calling it a "continuous," or "ratio/interval" (or "rinterval") scale, SPSS calls it a "scale" scale. LOL.

[felix]

I like "interval/ratio", although that's not exhaustive (but I guess people that are able to differentiate counts and such would recognize interval/ratio to be the appropriate selection).
And: What about "cardinal"?