symmetrical_uncertainty: Estimating Symmetrical Uncertainty of two categorical...
In eliasmacielr/msu: Multivariate Symmetric Uncertainty and Other Measurements

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Symmetrical uncertainty (SU) is the product of a normalization of the information gain (IG) with respect to entropy. SU(X,Y) is a value in the range [0,1], where SU(X,Y) = 0 if X and Y are totally independent and SU(X,Y) = 1 if X and Y are totally dependent.

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symmetrical_uncertainty(x, y)

SU(x, y)

`x`	A factor as the represented categorical variable.
`y`	A factor as the represented categorical variable.

Symmetrical uncertainty estimation based on Sannon entropy. The result is rounded to 7 decimal places.

msu

# completely predictable
symmetrical_uncertainty(factor(c(0,1,0,1)), factor(c(0,1,0,1)))
# XOR factor variables
symmetrical_uncertainty(factor(c(0,0,1,1)), factor(c(0,1,1,0)))
symmetrical_uncertainty(factor(c(0,1,0,1)), factor(c(0,1,1,0)))
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symmetrical_uncertainty(c(0,1,0,1), c(0,1,1,0))

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