Should there be an issue, since we are already considering these type of
"numerical" features as categorical?

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Nirmal Fernando <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Supun Sethunga <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 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 :)
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>> 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
>
> Team Lead - WSO2 Machine Learner
> Associate Technical Lead - Data Technologies Team, WSO2 Inc.
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> Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/
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