Discrete Attribute

A Discrete Attribute is an attribute that is countable.

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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Categorical Attribute.
• See: Attribute Selection, Categorical Variable.

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References

2011

• (Sammut & Webb, 2011) ⇒ Claude Sammut (editor), and Geoffrey I. Webb (editor). (2011). “Discrete Attribute.” In: (Sammut & Webb, 2011)
  • QUOTE: A discrete attribute assumes values that can be counted. The attribute cannot assume all values on the number line within its value range. See: Attribute and Measurement Scales.

2000

• (Witten & Frank, 2000) ⇒ Ian H. Witten, and Eibe Frank. (2000). “Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques with Java implementations." Morgan Kaufmann.

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