AFAIK there are 4 types of data measures. Why can't we use those 4 types for feature type names. Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio. [1]
[1] http://www.mymarketresearchmethods.com/types-of-data-nominal-ordinal-interval-ratio/#pogrhrik On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Maheshakya Wijewardena < mahesha...@wso2.com> wrote: > No. > The only reason is we need a name for the features that actually have a > numerical meanings. Numerical may mean "numbers" (which can be categorical > as well) to users. In that case we need an alternative. Is there a better > name we can use? > Or we need to keep numerical as it is and assume it means the features > that have some numerical meaning. > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 12:04 PM, CD Athuraliya <chathur...@wso2.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:58 AM, Maheshakya Wijewardena < >> mahesha...@wso2.com> wrote: >> >>> Note that only continuous is not sufficient since there can be numerical >>> attributes that are not continuous like number of wins, etc. >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Maheshakya Wijewardena < >>> mahesha...@wso2.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Since the concern is about the suitability of the term "numerical", >>>> what if we add two new feature types: >>>> >>>> 1. Continues numerical >>>> 2. Discrete numerical >>>> >>>> to represent the features that actually have some numerical meaning and >>>> then eliminate "numerical". That way we can get rid of the confusion when >>>> there is categorical features with numerical values. >>>> >>> >> What are we trying achieve by introducing these new types? Do we >> introduce anything new to our workflow depending on these new types? >> >>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Maheshakya Wijewardena < >>>> mahesha...@wso2.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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 <nir...@wso2.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Supun Sethunga <sup...@wso2.com> >>>>>> 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 <nir...@wso2.com> >>>>>>> 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? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks & regards, >>>>>>>> Nirmal >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Team Lead - WSO2 Machine Learner >>>>>>>> Associate Technical Lead - Data Technologies Team, WSO2 Inc. >>>>>>>> Mobile: +94715779733 >>>>>>>> Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> *Supun Sethunga* >>>>>>> Software Engineer >>>>>>> WSO2, Inc. >>>>>>> http://wso2.com/ >>>>>>> lean | enterprise | middleware >>>>>>> Mobile : +94 716546324 >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks & regards, >>>>>> Nirmal >>>>>> >>>>>> Team Lead - WSO2 Machine Learner >>>>>> Associate Technical Lead - Data Technologies Team, WSO2 Inc. >>>>>> Mobile: +94715779733 >>>>>> Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Pruthuvi Maheshakya Wijewardena >>>>> mahesha...@wso2.com >>>>> +94711228855 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Pruthuvi Maheshakya Wijewardena >>>> mahesha...@wso2.com >>>> +94711228855 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Pruthuvi Maheshakya Wijewardena >>> mahesha...@wso2.com >>> +94711228855 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *CD Athuraliya* >> Software Engineer >> WSO2, Inc. >> lean . enterprise . middleware >> Mobile: +94 716288847 <94716288847> >> LinkedIn <http://lk.linkedin.com/in/cdathuraliya> | Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/cdathuraliya> | Blog >> <https://cdathuraliya.wordpress.com/> >> > > > > -- > Pruthuvi Maheshakya Wijewardena > mahesha...@wso2.com > +94711228855 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > Dev@wso2.org > http://wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev > > -- *Madhawa Gunasekara* Software Engineer WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com lean.enterprise.middleware mobile: +94 719411002 <+94+719411002> blog: *http://madhawa-gunasekara.blogspot.com <http://madhawa-gunasekara.blogspot.com>* linkedin: *http://lk.linkedin.com/in/mgunasekara <http://lk.linkedin.com/in/mgunasekara>*
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