Differentiate Ordinal and Nominal variables using python

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How do I Differentiate between Ordinal and Nominal variables using Python?

The code needs to be dynamic and must be able to identify the difference for any data set that comes in. Is it possible to achieve this using python program?

The output must be the type of the variable (Nominal or Ordinal).

I also have a same problem to solve. Did you found any solution for identifying nominal/ordinal data types? — Rails Developer, Apr 13 '20 at 11:49

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 23 '18 at 07:13

There's no practical way to do this automatically. For example: if some data uses integers for IDs, how is your algorithm supposed to know that these are nominal and not ordinal?

This distinction can only come from subject matter expertise and familiarity with the data.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 23 '18 at 18:02

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A computer program can't differentiate between ordinal and nominal. You need to use your brain and your substantive knowledge to do that.

answered Mar 23 '18 at 18:02

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