https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Random-Forest-and-Categorical-variable/m-p/285935#M55185 <P>Hello</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have categorical variables with more then 2 classes as X predictor for Boostrap Forest. Should I recode them into Dummy 0/1 binary Variables?</P><P>Regards,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Ludo</P> Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:19:59 GMT Lu 2023-06-09T00:19:59Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Random-Forest-and-Categorical-variable/m-p/285935#M55185 <P>Hello</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have categorical variables with more then 2 classes as X predictor for Boostrap Forest. Should I recode them into Dummy 0/1 binary Variables?</P><P>Regards,</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Ludo</P> Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:19:59 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Random-Forest-and-Categorical-variable/m-p/285935#M55185 Lu 2023-06-09T00:19:59Z https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Random-Forest-and-Categorical-variable/m-p/285958#M55189 <P>There is no need to create dummy variables.&nbsp; JMP will handle the categorical columns without modificaiton.</P> Fri, 14 Aug 2020 12:35:22 GMT https://community.jmp.com/t5/Discussions/Random-Forest-and-Categorical-variable/m-p/285958#M55189 txnelson 2020-08-14T12:35:22Z