{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/probcomp/bayeslite/issues/425","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/probcomp/bayeslite","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/probcomp/bayeslite/issues/425/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/probcomp/bayeslite/issues/425/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/probcomp/bayeslite/issues/425/events","html_url":"https://github.com/probcomp/bayeslite/issues/425","id":162565006,"number":425,"title":"Convert statistical type name CATEGORICAL to NOMINAL","user":{"login":"fsaad","id":5721897,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5721897?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad","html_url":"https://github.com/fsaad","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fsaad/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-06-27T22:42:24Z","updated_at":"2016-06-27T22:42:24Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Suggestion to rename the statistical type `categorical` to nominal -- for several reasons, among them:\r\n\r\n- The name collides with the `categorical` DistributionGpm from cgpm-lib.\r\n\r\n- The term `nominal` makes clear there is no inherent ordering. In the future say we introduce an `ordinal` statistiacl type (which could also be backed by the `categorical` cgpm-distribution) or a more specialized cgpm), or an `interval` statistical type as well; we do need to tell the difference.\r\n\r\n- It is also useful to know whether a factor variable is `nominal`, `ordinal` or `interval` for i.e. plotting in bdbcontrib, which is a key area we use statistical types.\r\n"}}
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