Standardization

What is Standardization?

Standardization (Z-score normalization) rescales data to have a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, often required when features have different units or scales.

Where did the term "Standardization" come from?

Standard statistical procedure.

How is "Standardization" used today?

Prerequisite for algorithms sensitive to distance like SVM and KNN.

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• Feature Engineering
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