If you have a nominal variable that has more than two levels, you need to create multiple dummy variables to take the place of the original nominal variable. For example, imagine that you wanted to predict depression from year in school: freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior.
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On the last day of President Barack Obama's sixth summer holiday at Martha's Vineyard, he played the ninth and final round of his 17-day vacation â about one every other day. America's 54-year-old commander in chief has played about 247 rounds of golf, according to CNN's State of the Union broadcast. CBS News White House correspondent Mark Knoller estimates Obama has spent more than 1,100 hours on the links, which CNN says puts him on par with avid golfer President Dwight D. Eisenhower.