Overview of the Distribution Platform
The treatment of variables in the Distribution platform is different, depending on the modeling type of variable, which can be categorical (nominal or ordinal) or continuous.
Categorical Variables
For categorical variables, the initial graph that appears is a histogram. The histogram shows a bar for each level of the ordinal or nominal variable. You can also add a divided (mosaic) bar chart.
The reports show counts and proportions. You can add confidence intervals and test the probabilities.
Continuous Variables
For numeric continuous variables, the initial graphs show a histogram and an outlier box plot. The histogram shows a bar for grouped values of the continuous variable. The following options are ...
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