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Mathematical re-expression, often nonlinear, of data values. Data are often transformed either to meet the assumptions of a statistical model or to make the results of an analysis more interpretable.

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Is there any downside to scaling a dataset?

Scaling does not affect most of the statistics of the dataset. It is a recommended - sometimes even required - pre-processing step for some machine learning algorithms. However, note that it is a tran …
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