Categorical Dependent Variable

A Categorical Dependent Variable is a dependent variable that is a categorical random variable.

• AKA: Discrete Dependent Variable.
• Context:
  • It can be instantiated as a Categorical Target Attribute.
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• Example(s):
  • a Dichotomous Dependent Variable.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Continuous Dependent Variable.
  • a Categorical Independent Variable.
• See: Generalized Linear Models.

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