gators.feature_selection.VarianceFilter¶
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class 
gators.feature_selection.VarianceFilter(min_var: float)[source]¶ Remove low variance columns.
- Parameters
 - min_varfloat
 Variance threshold.
Examples
Imports and initialization:
>>> from gators.feature_selection import VarianceFilter >>> obj = VarianceFilter(min_var=0.9)
The fit, transform, and fit_transform methods accept:
dask dataframes:
>>> import dask.dataframe as dd >>> import pandas as pd >>> X = dd.from_pandas(pd.DataFrame({'A': [0., 0., 0.1], 'B': [1., 2., 3.], 'C': [0., 0., 0.15]}), npartitions=1)
koalas dataframes:
>>> import databricks.koalas as ks >>> X = ks.DataFrame({'A': [0., 0., 0.1], 'B': [1., 2., 3.], 'C': [0., 0., 0.15]})
and pandas dataframes:
>>> import pandas as pd >>> X = pd.DataFrame({'A': [0., 0., 0.1], 'B': [1., 2., 3.], 'C': [0., 0., 0.15]})
The result is a transformed dataframe belonging to the same dataframe library.
>>> obj.fit_transform(X) B 0 1.0 1 2.0 2 3.0
>>> X = pd.DataFrame({'A': [0., 0., 0.1], 'B': [1., 2., 3.], 'C': [0., 0., 0.15]}) >>> _ = obj.fit(X) >>> obj.transform_numpy(X.to_numpy()) array([[1.], [2.], [3.]])
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fit(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame], y: Union[pd.Series, ks.Series, dd.Series] = None) → gators.feature_selection.variance_filter.VarianceFilter[source]¶ Fit the transformer on the dataframe X.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame.
 Input dataframe.
- ySeries, default None.
 Target values.
- Returns
 - ——-
 - self“VarianceFilter”
 Instance of itself.
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static 
check_array(X: numpy.ndarray)¶ Validate array.
- Parameters
 - Xnp.ndarray
 Array.
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check_array_is_numerics(X: numpy.ndarray)¶ Check if array is only numerics.
- Parameters
 - Xnp.ndarray
 Array.
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static 
check_binary_target(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame], y: Union[pd.Series, ks.Series, dd.Series])¶ Raise an error if the target is not binary.
- Parameters
 - ySeries
 Target values.
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static 
check_dataframe(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame])¶ Validate dataframe.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame
 Dataframe.
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static 
check_dataframe_contains_numerics(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame])¶ Check if dataframe is only numerics.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame
 Dataframe.
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static 
check_dataframe_is_numerics(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame])¶ Check if dataframe is only numerics.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame
 Dataframe.
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check_dataframe_with_objects(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame])¶ Check if dataframe contains object columns.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame
 Dataframe.
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check_datatype(dtype, accepted_dtypes)¶ Check if dataframe is only numerics.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame
 Dataframe.
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static 
check_multiclass_target(y: Union[pd.Series, ks.Series, dd.Series])¶ Raise an error if the target is not discrete.
- Parameters
 - ySeries
 Target values.
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check_nans(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame], columns: List[str])¶ Raise an error if X contains NaN values.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame
 Dataframe.
- theta_vecList[float]
 List of columns.
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static 
check_regression_target(y: Union[pd.Series, ks.Series, dd.Series])¶ Raise an error if the target is not discrete.
- Parameters
 - ySeries
 Target values.
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static 
check_target(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame], y: Union[pd.Series, ks.Series, dd.Series])¶ Validate target.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame
 Dataframe.
- ySeries
 Target values.
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fit_transform(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame], y: Union[pd.Series, ks.Series, dd.Series] = None) → Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame]¶ Fit and Transform the dataframe X.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame.
 Input dataframe.
- ySeries, default None.
 Input target.
- Returns
 - XDataFrame
 Transformed dataframe.
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static 
get_column_names(inplace: bool, columns: List[str], suffix: str)¶ Return the names of the modified columns.
- Parameters
 - inplacebool
 If True return columns. If False return columns__suffix.
- columnsList[str]
 List of columns.
- suffixstr
 Suffix used if inplace is False.
- Returns
 - List[str]
 List of column names.
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get_params(deep=True)¶ Get parameters for this estimator.
- Parameters
 - deepbool, default=True
 If True, will return the parameters for this estimator and contained subobjects that are estimators.
- Returns
 - paramsdict
 Parameter names mapped to their values.
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set_params(**params)¶ Set the parameters of this estimator.
The method works on simple estimators as well as on nested objects (such as
Pipeline). The latter have parameters of the form<component>__<parameter>so that it’s possible to update each component of a nested object.- Parameters
 - **paramsdict
 Estimator parameters.
- Returns
 - selfestimator instance
 Estimator instance.
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transform(X: Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame], y: Union[pd.Series, ks.Series, dd.Series] = None) → Union[pd.DataFrame, ks.DataFrame, dd.DataFrame]¶ Transform the dataframe X.
- Parameters
 - XDataFrame.
 Input dataframe.
- ynp.ndarray
 Target values.
- Returns
 - XDataFrame
 Transformed dataframe.
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transform_numpy(X: numpy.ndarray) → numpy.ndarray¶ Transform the array X.
- Parameters
 - Xnp.ndarray
 Input array.
- Returns
 - Xnp.ndarray
 Transformed array.