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17.11 Categorical Response

17.11 Categorical Response

Each categorical response is first broken down into one or more binary responses. A categorical response with just two categories is translated internally into one binary response, and, if it is the only response variable, is handled through univariate binary techniques.

A categorical response with more than two categories is translated internally into one binary response for each of the categories. Thus, a categorical response with more than two categories, or any mixture of binary and categorical responses, is handled using multivariate binary techniques.

See sections 17.8, 17.9, and 17.10 for the binary splitting methodologies.