该文档说:
http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/dev/basics.html
“可以使用cut(基于值的bin)和qcut(基于样本分位数的bin)函数离散化连续值”
对我来说听起来很抽象...我可以在下面的示例中看到差异,但是qcut(样本分位数)实际上在做什么/意味着什么?什么时候使用qcut和cut?
谢谢。
factors = np.random.randn(30)
In [11]:
pd.cut(factors, 5)
Out[11]:
[(-0.411, 0.575], (-0.411, 0.575], (-0.411, 0.575], (-0.411, 0.575], (0.575, 1.561], ..., (-0.411, 0.575], (-1.397, -0.411], (0.575, 1.561], (-2.388, -1.397], (-0.411, 0.575]]
Length: 30
Categories (5, object): [(-2.388, -1.397] < (-1.397, -0.411] < (-0.411, 0.575] < (0.575, 1.561] < (1.561, 2.547]]
In [14]:
pd.qcut(factors, 5)
Out[14]:
[(-0.348, 0.0899], (-0.348, 0.0899], (0.0899, 1.19], (0.0899, 1.19], (0.0899, 1.19], ..., (0.0899, 1.19], (-1.137, -0.348], (1.19, 2.547], [-2.383, -1.137], (-0.348, 0.0899]]
Length: 30
Categories (5, object): [[-2.383, -1.137] < (-1.137, -0.348] < (-0.348, 0.0899] < (0.0899, 1.19] < (1.19, 2.547]]`
stackoverflow.com/questions/16319106/…–
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jezrael