Adding Categorical variable as a predictor variable in CausalImpact analysis

[nitika gupta]

 

Want to add categorical variable as one of the predictor variable . If it's possible , kindly tell me how?

 

This variable is crucial for analysis

 

 

Thanks,

Nitika

[Kay Brodersen]

Hi Nitika,

I'd begin by turning the categorical variable into a set of 0/1 dummy variables. Create one variable for each factor level. You can then simply supply these variables as additional columns in your <data> argument.

Kay

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[nitika gupta]

Hi ,

 

Thanks for quick reply .

 

I tried putting that variable in 1/0 format ,but I am getting below error

 

           Error: !any(is.na(data[, -1])) is not TRUE

 

 

Thanks,

Nitika