Assertion: categorical variable | /r/CapableOf | assign other unit
Facets:
value: to nominal category
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to a particular group
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In statistics, a categorical variable is a variable that can take on one of a limited, and usually fixed, number of possible values, assigning each individual or other unit of observation to a particular group or nominal category on the basis of some qualitative property.