One-Hot Encoding

What is One-Hot Encoding?

One-Hot Encoding is a process of converting categorical variables (like colors or cities) into a binary matrix format (0s and 1s) that can be provided to ML algorithms.

Where did the term "One-Hot Encoding" come from?

Standard method for handling categorical data.

How is "One-Hot Encoding" used today?

Universally used in data preprocessing for regression and classification.

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