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Categorical variable
Known as:
Categorical
, Categorical data
, Nonnumerical variable
In statistics, a categorical variable is a variable that can take on one of a limited, and usually fixed, number of possible values, assigning each…
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2012
Highly Cited
2012
An affinity-based new local distance function and similarity measure for kNN algorithm
Gautam Bhattacharya
,
K. Ghosh
,
A. Chowdhury
Pattern Recognition Letters
2012
Corpus ID: 8801060
2011
2011
Exact Inference for Categorical Data
R. Sooriyarachchi
International Encyclopedia of Statistical Science
2011
Corpus ID: 46232204
Modern statistical methods rely heavily on nonparametric techniques for comparing two or more populations. These techniques…
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Simultaneous Pattern and Data Clustering for Pattern Cluster Analysis
A. Wong
,
Gary C. L. Li
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data…
2008
Corpus ID: 16777844
In data mining and knowledge discovery, pattern discovery extracts previously unknown regularities in the data and is a useful…
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2008
2008
A Step-by-Step Approach to Using SAS for Univariate & Multivariate Statistics, 2nd Edition + An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis, 2nd Edition
N. O’Rourke
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Larry Hatcher
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E. Stepanski
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A. Agresti
2008
Corpus ID: 59896620
This set contains: 9780471469445 A Step-by-Step Approach to Using SAS for Univariate & Multivariate Statistics, Second Edition by…
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2008
2008
Fast parallel outlier detection for categorical datasets using MapReduce
Anna Koufakou
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J. Secretan
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J. Reeder
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K. Cardona
,
M. Georgiopoulos
IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence
2008
Corpus ID: 8209961
Outlier detection has received considerable attention in many applications, such as detecting network attacks or credit card…
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1998
1998
Design and analysis of clinical trials : concept and methodologies
S. Chow
,
Jen‐pei Liu
1998
Corpus ID: 60086318
Basic Statistical Concepts. Basic Design Consideration. Randomization and Blinding. Designs for Clinical Trials. Classification…
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Review
1993
Review
1993
Treemaps: Visualizing Hierarchical and Categorical Data
Brian Johnson
1993
Corpus ID: 26035060
Treemaps are a graphical method for the visualization of hierarchical and categorical data sets. Treemap presentations of data…
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
SDIS: A sequential data interchange standard
R. Bakeman
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V. Quera
1992
Corpus ID: 57465808
Few general-purpose computer programs are available that analyze sequential categorical data. If there were a sequential data…
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1985
1985
A Robust Credit Screening Model Using Categorical Data
P. Kolesar
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J. Showers
1985
Corpus ID: 44055914
Motivated by an application in a public utility, the credit screening problem is re-examined from a decision theoretic viewpoint…
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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Canonical analysis of categorical data
J. Leeuw
1984
Corpus ID: 119048562
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