connect.utils.common.is_categorical

connect.utils.common.is_categorical(series, threshold=0.05)

Identifies whether a series is categorical or not

Logic: If there are relatively few unique values for a feature, the feature is likely categorical. The results are estimates and are not guaranteed to be correct.

Parameters

• series (pd.Series) – Series to evaluate

• threshold (float) – The threshold (number of the unique values over the total number of values)

Returns

Whether the series is categorical or not

Return type

bool