On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Supun Sethunga <[email protected]> wrote:

> IMO, 0 & 1 is still categorical. Its an equivalent to a encoded string
> variable, isn't it?
>

Question is about what we should name current 'numerical' type. 0, 1 is of
course categorical :)


> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:49 AM, Nirmal Fernando <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Currently we have; numerical and categorical. But there can be
>> categorical features with numerical values for an example if a feature has
>> only 0 & 1 we say it's a categorical feature. What should be the
>> appropriate names?
>>
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>> Thanks & regards,
>> Nirmal
>>
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>>
>>
>
>
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Thanks & regards,
Nirmal

Team Lead - WSO2 Machine Learner
Associate Technical Lead - Data Technologies Team, WSO2 Inc.
Mobile: +94715779733
Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/
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