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Expand Up @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ with R's ``factor``.

`Categoricals` are a pandas data type, which correspond to categorical variables in
statistics: a variable, which can take on only a limited, and usually fixed,
number of possible values (`categories`; `categories` in R). Examples are gender, social class,
number of possible values (`categories`; `levels` in R). Examples are gender, social class,
blood types, country affiliations, observation time or ratings via Likert scales.

In contrast to statistical categorical variables, categorical data might have an order (e.g.
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