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brifusg Contributor
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:53 am Post subject: How to find a correlation between categorical variables |
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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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Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 120 Location: Boston, MA
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject: Dependence between categorical variable |
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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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brifusg Contributor
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Very much appreciated. Thank you. |
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