Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indicator variable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: in-di-ca-tor -vari-able
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A binary variable whose value of 0 or 1 indicates which category an individual falls into.

Inflected Forms

indicator variables (plural)

Synonyms

dummy variable

Questions

What does indicator variable mean?: A binary variable whose value of 0 or 1 indicates which category an individual falls into.

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