How to Encode Categorical Features with OneHotEncoder and OrdinalEncoder ๐ง
Learn the key differences between OneHotEncoder and OrdinalEncoder for encoding categorical data, and when to use each method for your machine learning models.

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Two common ways to encode categorical features:
- OneHotEncoder for unordered (nominal) data
- OrdinalEncoder for ordered (ordinal) data
P.S. LabelEncoder is for labels, not features!
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- OneHotEncoder for unordered (nominal) data
- OrdinalEncoder for ordered (ordinal) data
P.S. LabelEncoder is for labels, not features!
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