DUMMY VARIABLE CODING

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N., Pam M.S.
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A way of assigning numerical values to a categorical variable so that it reflects class membership.

DUMMY VARIABLE CODING: "Dummy variable coding uses the numerical values one and zero."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. CONTINUOUS VARIABLE
  2. REGRESSION EQUATION
  3. CATEGORICAL VARIABLE
  4. MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION
  5. GOODNESS OF FIT
  6. DICHOTOMOUS VARIABLE
  7. BINARY VARIABLE
  8. DISCRETE VARIABLE
  9. GEMATRIA
  10. SUBJECT VARIABLE
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "DUMMY VARIABLE CODING," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/dummy-variable-coding/ (accessed March 31, 2020).
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