QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
How to change non-numeric into numeric
Make each category a variable, and mark 0 as "no" and 1 as "yes"
Flag Variables
Yes-No variables
Min-Max Scaling and Z-Score scaling...
Removes the units from the values
Logarithms...
Does not remove the units from the values. It just makes the numbers smaller if they are
large, and larger if they are small
Set Globals Node
Calculates and stores some basic statistics that can be used outside of its path
Derive Node
Applies a custom written formula to the data set provided
Source Node
A node that allows you to access data. Make sure that you update its path if you are
moving the file
Type Node