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Label Encoding of the Target Variable | Processing Categorical Data
Data Preprocessing
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Data Preprocessing

Data Preprocessing

1. Brief Introduction
2. Processing Quantitative Data
3. Processing Categorical Data
4. Time Series Data Processing
5. Feature Engineering
6. Moving on to Tasks

Label Encoding of the Target Variable

Let's go straight to the main thing - label encoding implements everything the same as ordinal encoder, but:

  • Methods work with different data dimensions;
  • The order of the categories is not important for label encoding.

How to use this method in Python:

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from sklearn.preprocessing import LabelEncoder import pandas as pd # Simple categorical variable fruits = pd.Series(['apple', 'orange', 'banana', 'banana', 'apple', 'orange', 'banana']) # Create label encoder object le = LabelEncoder() # Fit and transform the categorical variable using label encoding fruits_encoded = le.fit_transform(fruits) # Print the encoded values print(fruits_encoded)
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Task

Read the dataset 'salary_and_gender.csv' and encode the output column 'Gender' with label encoding.

Task

Read the dataset 'salary_and_gender.csv' and encode the output column 'Gender' with label encoding.

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Section 3. Chapter 4
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Label Encoding of the Target Variable

Let's go straight to the main thing - label encoding implements everything the same as ordinal encoder, but:

  • Methods work with different data dimensions;
  • The order of the categories is not important for label encoding.

How to use this method in Python:

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from sklearn.preprocessing import LabelEncoder import pandas as pd # Simple categorical variable fruits = pd.Series(['apple', 'orange', 'banana', 'banana', 'apple', 'orange', 'banana']) # Create label encoder object le = LabelEncoder() # Fit and transform the categorical variable using label encoding fruits_encoded = le.fit_transform(fruits) # Print the encoded values print(fruits_encoded)
copy

Task

Read the dataset 'salary_and_gender.csv' and encode the output column 'Gender' with label encoding.

Task

Read the dataset 'salary_and_gender.csv' and encode the output column 'Gender' with label encoding.

Switch to desktop for real-world practiceContinue from where you are using one of the options below

Everything was clear?

Section 3. Chapter 4
toggle bottom row

Label Encoding of the Target Variable

Let's go straight to the main thing - label encoding implements everything the same as ordinal encoder, but:

  • Methods work with different data dimensions;
  • The order of the categories is not important for label encoding.

How to use this method in Python:

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from sklearn.preprocessing import LabelEncoder import pandas as pd # Simple categorical variable fruits = pd.Series(['apple', 'orange', 'banana', 'banana', 'apple', 'orange', 'banana']) # Create label encoder object le = LabelEncoder() # Fit and transform the categorical variable using label encoding fruits_encoded = le.fit_transform(fruits) # Print the encoded values print(fruits_encoded)
copy

Task

Read the dataset 'salary_and_gender.csv' and encode the output column 'Gender' with label encoding.

Task

Read the dataset 'salary_and_gender.csv' and encode the output column 'Gender' with label encoding.

Switch to desktop for real-world practiceContinue from where you are using one of the options below

Everything was clear?

Let's go straight to the main thing - label encoding implements everything the same as ordinal encoder, but:

  • Methods work with different data dimensions;
  • The order of the categories is not important for label encoding.

How to use this method in Python:

1234567891011121314
from sklearn.preprocessing import LabelEncoder import pandas as pd # Simple categorical variable fruits = pd.Series(['apple', 'orange', 'banana', 'banana', 'apple', 'orange', 'banana']) # Create label encoder object le = LabelEncoder() # Fit and transform the categorical variable using label encoding fruits_encoded = le.fit_transform(fruits) # Print the encoded values print(fruits_encoded)
copy

Task

Read the dataset 'salary_and_gender.csv' and encode the output column 'Gender' with label encoding.

Switch to desktop for real-world practiceContinue from where you are using one of the options below
Section 3. Chapter 4
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