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Select the Categorical option to specify that the values in the selected columns should be treated as categories, not as results, scores, labels, or other values. As a result, the actual data values will not be changed, but machine learning algorithms will handle the data differently. For example, suppose you have a column containing values of 0 and 1. If you know that those numbers actually represent the coding for some binary variable (such as Smoker vs. Nonsmoker), you should flag them as Categorical. As a result, other values in the table could then be categorized by using the binary variable.