tisane.variable.Numeric

class tisane.variable.Numeric(name, data=None)

Bases: tisane.variable.Measure

Represents numeric variables

Numeric variables take on values that are integers, real numbers, ratios, etc. You never instantiate this class directly, and instead you should create instances via the Unit.numeric() method.

Parameters

• name (str) – The name of the numeric variable. If you have data, this should correspond to the column’s name in the data.

• data (DataVector, optional) – For internal use only.

properties

Description of attribute properties.

Type

dict

data

Type

tisane.data.DataVector

See also

tisane.Unit.numeric

create a Numeric variable attributed to a given tisane.Unit

Methods

associates_with(variable)	Adds a correlation relationship to a data variable.
causes(effect)	Adds a causes relationship to a data variable.
get_unit()
get_unit_relationship()
moderates(moderator, on)	Adds an interaction relationship to a data variable

add_data
get_cardinality
get_number_of_instances

tisane.variable.Nominal.moderates tisane.variable.Numeric.associates_with