# ML crash course - Categorical data > Machine learning crash course 중 Categorical data 챕터 [Machine learning crash course](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Machine%20learning%20crash%20course.txt) 중 [Categorical data](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Categorical%20data.txt) 챕터 https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/crash-course/categorical-data ## Introduction ### Numbers can also be categorical data ### Encoding ## Vocabulary and one-hot encoding ### Index numbers ### One-hot encoding ### Outliers in categorical data ### Encoding high-dimensional categorical features ## Common issues ### Human raters ### Machine raters ### High dimensionality ## Feature crosses ### When to use feature crosses ## Feature cross exercises https://developers.google.com/machine-learning/crash-course/categorical-data/feature-cross-exercises ## What's next - [ML crash course - Datasets, generalization, and overfitting](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/ML%20crash%20course%20-%20Datasets,%20generalization,%20and%20overfitting.txt)