def ordinal(var_name: str, ordered_categories: list):
# Create order tuple
categories = OrderedDict()
for i, c in enumerate(ordered_categories):
categories[c] = i+1 # start at 1 not 0
return Variable.from_spec(var_name, DataType.ORDINAL, categories, [1, len(categories)])
def ratio(var_name: str, drange: list=None):
return Variable.from_spec(var_name, DataType.RATIO, None, drange) # treat range like categories, check that all values are within range
def interval(var_name: str, drange: list=None):
return Variable.from_spec(var_name, DataType.INTERVAL, None, drange) # treat range like categories, check that all values are within range
def nominal(var_name: str, unordered_categories: list):
categories = OrderedDict()
for i, c in enumerate(unordered_categories):
categories[c] = -1
return Variable.from_spec(var_name, DataType.NOMINAL, categories, None)
