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Why we used Feature Scaling?

Why we used Feature Scaling?

by Mohammad Masud -
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Feature Scaling : It is a step of Data Pre Processing which is applied to independent variables or features of data. It basically helps to normalise the data within a particular range. Sometimes, it also helps in speeding up the calculations in an algorithm.It is essential for machine learning algorithms that calculate distances between data. Therefore, the range of all features should be normalized so that each feature contributes approximately proportionately to the final distance.