# Correlation between string and numeric variables

**URL:** <https://forum.knime.com/t/correlation-between-string-and-numeric-variables/48898>\
**Category:** KNIME Analytics Platform\
**Created:** [November 13, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/correlation-between-string-and-numeric-variables/48898 "2022-11-13T11:42:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![HansS](https://forum-cdn.knime.com/user_avatar/forum.knime.com/hanss/32/6979_2.png) [@HansS](https://forum.knime.com/u/HansS)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.knime.com/t/correlation-between-string-and-numeric-variables/48898/4 "2022-11-13T15:56:19Z")

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Hi @filipa_marques

see:

> [@Feature Importance using decision tree](https://forum.knime.com/t/feature-importance-using-decision-tree/27711/3):
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> Hi @sschacht Maybe the [Information Gain Calculator](https://nodepit.com/node/ws.palladian.nodes.classification.featureselection.InformationGainCalculatorNodeFactory) helps you to give some insights about the feature importance. gr. Hans

gr. Hans

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