In statistics, a categorical variable (also called qualitative variable) is a variable that can take on one of a limited, and usually fixed, number of...

The categorical distribution is the generalization of the Bernoulli distribution for a categorical random variable, i.e. for a discrete variable with...

to be categorical (representing unordered/qualitative categories) though may also be sequential (representing an ordered/quantitative variable). The earliest...

known as one-hot encoding. Dummy variables are commonly used in regression analysis to represent categorical variables that have more than two levels,...

modifier). The effect of a moderating variable is characterized statistically as an interaction; that is, a categorical (e.g., sex, ethnicity, class) or continuous...

for binary regression since about 1970. Binary variables can be generalized to categorical variables when there are more than two possible values (e...

dependent variable (DV) are equal across levels of one or more categorical independent variables (IV) and across one or more continuous variables. For example...

analysis of categorical data, also known as data on the nominal scale and as categorical variables. Bowker's test of symmetry Categorical distribution...

sometimes called one-cold. In statistics, dummy variables represent a similar technique for representing categorical data. One-hot encoding is often used for...

in statistics to examine the relationship between more than two categorical variables. The technique is used for both hypothesis testing and model building...