Lecture 1.3 - Introduction and Types of Data - Classification of data
Prof. Usha Mohan
Department of Management Studies
IIT Madras
Learning outcomes:
1. Classify the variables in a dataset as Categorical and Numerical.
2. Understand that the categorical variable identifies group membership.
3. Understand that a numerical variable describes the numerical properties of the observations and that the data must share a common unit.
4. Further, classify numerical variables as discrete and continuous.
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