One-Hot Encoding vs. Label Encoding using Scikit-Learn

Alakh Sethi

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Mar 5, 2020 · 6 min read

What is One-Hot Encoding? When should you use One-Hot Encoding over Label Encoding?

These are typical data science interview questions every aspiring data scientist needs to know the answer to. After all, you’ll often find yourself having to make a choice between the two in a data science project!

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