What is normalize in SAP BI-RA-PA - SAP Predictive Analytics?

SAP Term: normalize

• Component: BI-RA-PA

• Component Name: SAP Predictive Analytics

• Description: To transform numerical data and make it fit into a defined interval.

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• Key Concepts: 
  Normalize is a feature in SAP Predictive Analytics that helps to standardize the data by transforming it into a common scale. This is done by subtracting the mean of the data from each value and then dividing by the standard deviation. This helps to ensure that all values are on the same scale, making it easier to compare and analyze them. 
  
  How to use it: 
  To use normalize in SAP Predictive Analytics, select the “Normalize” option from the “Data Transformation” menu. Then, select the column or columns you want to normalize. The mean and standard deviation of the data will be calculated automatically and used to normalize the data. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When using normalize, it is important to make sure that all of the data is on the same scale. If some of the data is on a different scale than others, it can lead to inaccurate results. It is also important to remember that normalizing data does not change its underlying distribution. 
  
  Related Information: 
  Normalizing data is an important step in many machine learning algorithms, such as linear regression and k-means clustering. It can also be used to improve the accuracy of predictive models by ensuring that all of the input variables are on the same scale.