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  "id": 6588,
  "title": "prop_brand_bool",
  "url": "/competitions/expedia-personalized-sort/discussion/6588",
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  "post_date": "2013-12-12T13:20:15.447Z",
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  "content": "<p>I have a question about the values &#8203;&#8203;of the variable &quot;prop_brand_bool&quot;.<br>According to the description, prop_brand_bool&nbsp;is an integer which takes the value 1 if the hotel belongs to a chain, 0&nbsp;if it is an independent hotel.<br>However, this variable has real values &#8203;&#8203;greater than 1.&nbsp; This has significance?&nbsp;and how we can deal the missing values?</p>\n<p>In addition, when i group &quot;id_prop&quot; by &quot;prop_brand_bool&quot;, i see that there are hotels that have different values of &nbsp;&#8203;&#8203;prop_brand_bool :</p>\n<p>id_prop &nbsp; &nbsp;prop_brand_bool</p>\n<p>102191 &nbsp; 1 <br>102196 &nbsp; 2.2 <br>102200 &nbsp;1.1 <br>102211 &nbsp;1 <br>102215 &nbsp;1 &nbsp;<br>102221 &nbsp; 6.47 <br>102226 &nbsp; 1 &nbsp;<br>102234 &nbsp; 1 &nbsp;3.97 &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;....</p>\n<p>someone can enlighten me.</p>",
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      "postDate": "12/12/2013 13:20:15",
      "content": "<p>I have a question about the values &#8203;&#8203;of the variable &quot;prop_brand_bool&quot;.<br>According to the description, prop_brand_bool&nbsp;is an integer which takes the value 1 if the hotel belongs to a chain, 0&nbsp;if it is an independent hotel.<br>However, this variable has real values &#8203;&#8203;greater than 1.&nbsp; This has significance?&nbsp;and how we can deal the missing values?</p>\n<p>In addition, when i group &quot;id_prop&quot; by &quot;prop_brand_bool&quot;, i see that there are hotels that have different values of &nbsp;&#8203;&#8203;prop_brand_bool :</p>\n<p>id_prop &nbsp; &nbsp;prop_brand_bool</p>\n<p>102191 &nbsp; 1 <br>102196 &nbsp; 2.2 <br>102200 &nbsp;1.1 <br>102211 &nbsp;1 <br>102215 &nbsp;1 &nbsp;<br>102221 &nbsp; 6.47 <br>102226 &nbsp; 1 &nbsp;<br>102234 &nbsp; 1 &nbsp;3.97 &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;....</p>\n<p>someone can enlighten me.</p>",
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      "id": "36218",
      "postDate": "12/16/2013 14:08:10",
      "content": "<p>In the data I have, the prop_brand_bool column does not contain values other than 0 and 1:</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&gt; table(data$prop_brand_bool)</p>\n<p>0 1 <br> 6050144 10490015</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Moreover, each hotel is associated with only one value of prop_brand_bool.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Did you import the data correctly?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Adam</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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      "id": 36218,
      "author_name": "adamwoz",
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      "post_date": "12/16/2013 14:08:10",
      "content": "<p>In the data I have, the prop_brand_bool column does not contain values other than 0 and 1:</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&gt; table(data$prop_brand_bool)</p>\n<p>0 1 <br> 6050144 10490015</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Moreover, each hotel is associated with only one value of prop_brand_bool.</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Did you import the data correctly?</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>Adam</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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