Normalize¶

Normalizes a numerical column by subtracting the mean and dividing by its standard deviation.

The resulting column's values will have a mean of 0.0 and a standard deviation of 1.0. Both types of scaling can be toggled separately via the with_mean and with_std parameters.

Usage¶

The following are the step's expected inputs and outputs and their specific types.

Step signature

normalize(input: number, {
    "param": value
}) -> (output: number)

where the object {"param": value} is optional in most cases and if present may contain any of the parameters described in the corresponding section below.

Example¶

To normalize using both mean and standard deviation:

Example call (in recipe editor)

normalize(ds.input) -> (ds.normalized)

More examples

Using a custom configuration to only subtract the mean:

Example call (in recipe editor)

normalize(ds.input, {
  "with_mean": true,
  "with_std": false,
}) -> (ds.normalized)

Inputs¶

input: column:number

A numeric column to normalize.

Outputs¶

output: column:number

A numeric column containing the normalized value.

Parameters¶

with_mean: boolean = True

Whether to subtract the mean.

with_std: boolean = True

Whether to divide by the standard deviation.