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Definition of Dummy Variables: In an econometric model, a dummy variable is a variable that marks or encodes a particular attribute. A dummy variable has the value zero or one for each observation, e.g. 1 for male and 0 for female. Same as indicator variables or binary variables. (Econterms)

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