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---
id: attributes
aliases: []
tags: []
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- Attribute (or dimensions, features, variables)
  - A data field, representing a characteristic of feature of a data object
  - E.g., customer_ID, name, address
- Types:
  - [[Nominal]](e.g., red, blue)
  - [[Binary]](e.g., {true, false})
  - [[Ordinal]](e.g., {freshman, sophomore, junior, senior})
  - [[Numeric]]; [[quantitative]] ([[discrete]] vs [[continuous]])