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How to find a correlation between categorical variables

 
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brifusg
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:53 am    Post subject: How to find a correlation between categorical variables Reply with quote

Hi all,

I know we can make use of regression to find correaltion (if any) between numerical variables. However, I'm not very sure how we can find such a correlation between categorical variables using data mining tools such as Clementine or SAS Enterprise Miner.

Any suggestion would be appreaciated very much.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:54 pm    Post subject: Dependence between categorical variable Reply with quote

When you have categorical variables, like eye color and hair color,
instead of regression you can use statistical tests like Chi-square
test - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingency_table
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very much appreciated. Thank you.
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