Timeline for Determining the Weight of Categorical Variable's Coefficient
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| Mar 11, 2021 at 1:01 | comment | added | Joon | I can see how for the case I gave above, the education level could be translated into numerical values. But if I have a variable such as "Region" or "Nationality", this can't be translated into numerical values. I was wondering how I would handle cases like this. | |
| Mar 10, 2021 at 13:28 | comment | added | Maarten Buis | That is a very American way of interpreting the value of education. That is fine, as the categories specified by the OP suggest that her/his data refer to American data. Just remember that this does not work for other educational systems. Especially in systems with a strong occupational education track, the number of years in school has little or no relationship with the "level" or "value" of a school level. | |
| Mar 10, 2021 at 10:56 | history | answered | Igor F. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |