Data Science

📘 Label Encoding and One-Hot Encoding Author: Bindeshwar Singh Kushwaha 🎯 Encoding Categorical Features 🔹 Label Encoding Assigns each category an integer value Suitable for ordinal data (e.g., size: small, medium, large) Tool: LabelEncoder from sklearn.preprocessing Example (Titanic): Encoding Sex as 0 (male), 1 (female) 🔹 One-Hot Encoding Converts categories into binary columns (one per […]

K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) Classifier and Imputation using KNN Author: Bindeshwar Singh Kushwaha What is K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN)? KNN is a supervised machine learning algorithm. It is easy to understand and does not involve complex math. Commonly used for classification tasks, especially with labeled data. We’ll use the Iris dataset, which has flower measurements. Iris Dataset

Handling Missing Data and Categorical Features By: Bindeshwar Singh Kushwaha Data Preprocessing Flow Raw Data → Handle Missing Values → Encode Categorical Variables → Feature Scaling → Preprocessed Data Overview of Data Preprocessing Load Titanic dataset from CSV file Handle missing values using various techniques Encode categorical data for machine learning Save the cleaned dataset

What is Data Preprocessing? Why It Matters in Machine Learning! Author: Bindeshwar Singh Kushwaha Real-World Data Challenges Missing or incomplete values Inconsistent formatting and typos Mixed data types (text, numeric, dates) Categorical variables needing encoding Scale variations and outliers What is Data Preprocessing? A set of techniques to clean and prepare raw data Essential for