Analyze Var Lists & Determine Categorical Vars

This node will take all selected variable lists (continuous and categorical dependents, predictors) lists and automatically determine whether the respective variables are indeed continuous or categorical in nature. On output, the variables are assigned to the respective type of variable list (i.e., continuous dependent, categorical dependent, continuous predictor, categorical predictor).

General

Element Name Description
Continuous Dependent to Categorical Dependent Changing of continuous dependent variable to categorical dependent is allowed if the value is True (i.e., process the continuous dependent variable list and check for and identify categorical and continuous variables; then assign them to the appropriate variable list).
Categorical Dependent to Continuous Dependent Changing categorical dependent variable to continuous dependent is allowed if the value is True (i.e., process the categorical dependent variable list and check for and identify categorical and continuous variables; then assign them to the appropriate variable list).
Continuous Predictor to Categorical Predictor Changing continuous predictor to categorical predictor is allowed if the value is True (i.e., process the continuous predictor variable list and check for and identify categorical and continuous variables; then assign them to the appropriate variable list).
Categorical Predictor to Continuous Predictor Changing categorical predictor to continuous predictor is allowed if the value is True (i.e., process the categorical predictor variable list and check for and identify categorical and continuous variables; then assign them to the appropriate variable list).
Limit number of categories Limits the number of categories for categorical variables to a specified number. If this option is set to False, the maximum number of categories for categorical variables is not limited (otherwise, variables with more categories than what is specified in the Maximum number of categories parameter will automatically be classified as continuous variables).
Maximum number of categories Specify the maximum number of categories of a categorical variable. If the number of categories of a selected categorical variable exceeds this number, the variable will automatically be classified as a continuous variable.
Make vars with text labels categorical Declare/identify all variables that have more than 1 text label (associated with an integer numerical value) as categorical variables
Check if all values are integer Checks whether all data values in selected continuous variables are integer values; in that case, those variables are classified as categorical variables. Note: This option requires a pass through the data for each continuous variable that is checked!