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		What Is Categorical Data? (thatdot.com)
		10 points by harpocrates on April 7, 2021 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

rrwright on April 7, 2021 [–]

I've found this python library helpful for thinking about how to use/convert categorical data to numeric data: https://contrib.scikit-learn.org/category_encoders/

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