Dummy Coding
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Dummy coding, also known as indicator coding, provides a means for researchers to represent a categorical variable as a set of independent quantitative variables. The resulting dummy variables take on values of 0 and 1 and can be used as predictors ...
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- Data Transformations
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- Diffusion of Innovations
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- Doubling Time
- Dummy Coding
- Dummy Variable
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