In general, should we usually assume no effect modification for the continuous of character outside groups that share some features of an exemplar, or assume effect modification, assuming coding all novel exposures as binary traits (e.g. if I know trees are dangerous, and I see a grass (perceiving a small tree), should I assume it's dangerous? or do I assume that because it's small that will modify effect and outcome will be non dangerous?)...is there name for this?
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