{
  "id": 74216,
  "title": "Normalized target concern!",
  "url": "/competitions/elo-merchant-category-recommendation/discussion/74216",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2018-12-10T06:39:55.924656200Z",
  "votes": 3,
  "comment_count": 4,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I see this a little nontrivial but can't think of any intuition behind this.</p>\n\n<p>Can any one give any explanations/intuition about this ?\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/Mr2JynJ.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "436345",
      "postDate": "12/10/2018 06:39:55",
      "content": "<p>I see this a little nontrivial but can't think of any intuition behind this.</p>\n\n<p>Can any one give any explanations/intuition about this ?\n<img src=\"https://i.imgur.com/Mr2JynJ.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I see this a little nontrivial but can't think of any intuition behind this.\n\nCan any one give any explanations/intuition about this ?\n![enter image description here][1]\n\n\n  [1]: https://i.imgur.com/Mr2JynJ.png",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "436353",
      "postDate": "12/10/2018 06:45:15",
      "content": "<p>But there are also outliers. </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "But there are also outliers.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "436357",
      "postDate": "12/10/2018 07:00:56",
      "content": "<p>Yes. despite that</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Yes. despite that",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "436361",
      "postDate": "12/10/2018 07:03:28",
      "content": "<p>the x axis shows the values the features have and their distribution with the target.  Example, top left, feature-1 has values 1,2,3,4,5 and its relationship with the target values for each of these 1,2,3,4,5 values.  The bottom right graph shows the variation in value of the target.  the values are bunched around the main spike but with an outlier less than -30</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "the x axis shows the values the features have and their distribution with the target.  Example, top left, feature-1 has values 1,2,3,4,5 and its relationship with the target values for each of these 1,2,3,4,5 values.  The bottom right graph shows the variation in value of the target.  the values are bunched around the main spike but with an outlier less than -30",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "436761",
      "postDate": "12/10/2018 22:39:40",
      "content": "<p>I don't ask about reading these plots. I'm asking about the reason why they are normalized like that? And can we infer any information from it</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I don't ask about reading these plots. I'm asking about the reason why they are normalized like that? And can we infer any information from it",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 436353,
      "author_name": "mihfil",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/10/2018 06:45:15",
      "content": "<p>But there are also outliers. </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 436357,
          "author_name": "qnkhuat",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/10/2018 07:00:56",
          "content": "<p>Yes. despite that</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 436361,
      "author_name": "richarde",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/10/2018 07:03:28",
      "content": "<p>the x axis shows the values the features have and their distribution with the target.  Example, top left, feature-1 has values 1,2,3,4,5 and its relationship with the target values for each of these 1,2,3,4,5 values.  The bottom right graph shows the variation in value of the target.  the values are bunched around the main spike but with an outlier less than -30</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 436761,
          "author_name": "qnkhuat",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "12/10/2018 22:39:40",
          "content": "<p>I don't ask about reading these plots. I'm asking about the reason why they are normalized like that? And can we infer any information from it</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "raw_markdown_by_id": {
    "436345": "I see this a little nontrivial but can't think of any intuition behind this.\n\nCan any one give any explanations/intuition about this ?\n![enter image description here][1]\n\n\n  [1]: https://i.imgur.com/Mr2JynJ.png",
    "436353": "But there are also outliers.",
    "436357": "Yes. despite that",
    "436361": "the x axis shows the values the features have and their distribution with the target.  Example, top left, feature-1 has values 1,2,3,4,5 and its relationship with the target values for each of these 1,2,3,4,5 values.  The bottom right graph shows the variation in value of the target.  the values are bunched around the main spike but with an outlier less than -30",
    "436761": "I don't ask about reading these plots. I'm asking about the reason why they are normalized like that? And can we infer any information from it"
  },
  "source": "meta"
}