{
  "id": 71899,
  "title": "Is there any R package for specific variable transformation?",
  "url": "/competitions/ga-customer-revenue-prediction/discussion/71899",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2018-11-17T22:59:39.579218700Z",
  "votes": -1,
  "comment_count": 1,
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  "content": "<p>In our modeling process, we want to transfer the categorical predictor  to the population statistics information of that city. However, we have more than 700 hundred cities, so inputing the information manually is not practical. Could you introduce us some R package including information in this area or other solutions? Thanks so much!</p>",
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    {
      "id": "423320",
      "postDate": "11/17/2018 22:59:39",
      "content": "<p>In our modeling process, we want to transfer the categorical predictor  to the population statistics information of that city. However, we have more than 700 hundred cities, so inputing the information manually is not practical. Could you introduce us some R package including information in this area or other solutions? Thanks so much!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "In our modeling process, we want to transfer the categorical predictor",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "423393",
      "postDate": "11/18/2018 05:49:22",
      "content": "<p>.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": ".",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 423393,
      "author_name": "hans27",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "11/18/2018 05:49:22",
      "content": "<p>.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "423320": "In our modeling process, we want to transfer the categorical predictor",
    "423393": "."
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