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---
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id: wiki-2026-0508-one-hot-encoding
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title: One-Hot Encoding
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category: 10_Wiki/Topics
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status: verified
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canonical_id: self
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aliases: [One-Hot, OHE, Indicator-Encoding, Dummy-Encoding]
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duplicate_of: none
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source_trust_level: A
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confidence_score: 0.95
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verification_status: applied
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tags: [feature-engineering, categorical, preprocessing, sklearn, pandas]
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raw_sources: []
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last_reinforced: 2026-05-10
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github_commit: pending
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tech_stack:
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language: python
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framework: sklearn-pandas
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---
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# One-Hot Encoding
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## 매 한 줄
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> **"매 categorical value → orthogonal binary vector"**. One-hot encoding 은 K 개 category 를 K 개 0/1 column 으로 펼치는 매 가장 단순한 categorical → numeric 변환. 매 linear model / tree-based model 의 default, 그러나 high-cardinality 에서는 target / hash encoding 으로 교체.
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## 매 핵심
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### 매 정의
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- category set `{A, B, C}` → vectors `(1,0,0), (0,1,0), (0,0,1)`.
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- ordinal encoding (0,1,2) 와 달리 **순서 가정 없음**.
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- linear / kernel model 의 가정 (numeric distance) 을 깨지 않음.
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### 매 dummy variable trap
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- K columns → 1 redundant (sum=1 의 collinearity).
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- linear regression 의 unregularized 경우 → drop_first=True.
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- tree / regularized model (Lasso, Ridge) → 매 전체 K 유지 가능.
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### 매 cardinality 의 문제
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- high-cardinality (>50): sparse matrix 폭발, leak 위험.
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- 대안: target / mean encoding, hashing trick, embedding.
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### 매 응용
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1. tabular ML 의 categorical preprocessing.
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2. NLP token → vocab vector (sparse).
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3. RL action / state space 의 discrete encoding.
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## 💻 패턴
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### sklearn OneHotEncoder
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```python
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from sklearn.preprocessing import OneHotEncoder
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import numpy as np
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X = np.array([["red"], ["blue"], ["green"], ["red"]])
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enc = OneHotEncoder(sparse_output=False, handle_unknown="ignore")
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enc.fit(X)
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print(enc.transform([["red"], ["yellow"]]))
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# [[0. 0. 1.]
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# [0. 0. 0.]] <- unknown -> all zeros
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print(enc.get_feature_names_out()) # ['x0_blue' 'x0_green' 'x0_red']
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```
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### pandas get_dummies
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```python
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import pandas as pd
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df = pd.DataFrame({"color": ["red", "blue", "green", "red"]})
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ohe = pd.get_dummies(df, columns=["color"], drop_first=True, dtype=int)
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# color_green color_red
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# 0 0 1
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# 1 0 0
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# 2 1 0
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# 3 0 1
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```
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### ColumnTransformer (production pipeline)
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```python
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from sklearn.compose import ColumnTransformer
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from sklearn.preprocessing import OneHotEncoder, StandardScaler
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from sklearn.pipeline import Pipeline
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from sklearn.linear_model import LogisticRegression
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pre = ColumnTransformer([
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("num", StandardScaler(), ["age", "income"]),
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("cat", OneHotEncoder(handle_unknown="ignore"), ["city", "plan"]),
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])
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pipe = Pipeline([("pre", pre), ("clf", LogisticRegression(max_iter=1000))])
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pipe.fit(X_train, y_train)
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```
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### Sparse matrix 의 high-cardinality
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```python
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enc = OneHotEncoder(sparse_output=True, handle_unknown="ignore")
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X_sparse = enc.fit_transform(df[["zip_code"]]) # 40k columns sparse
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# scipy.sparse.csr_matrix — memory-efficient
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```
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### vs label encoding (decision)
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```python
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from sklearn.preprocessing import LabelEncoder, OrdinalEncoder
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# DON'T: feed LabelEncoder output to linear model
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le = LabelEncoder()
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y = le.fit_transform(["red", "blue", "green"]) # [2, 0, 1] — fake order!
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# DO: OrdinalEncoder when order is real
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oe = OrdinalEncoder(categories=[["low", "med", "high"]])
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```
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### Frequency / target encoding (high-cardinality 대안)
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```python
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import category_encoders as ce
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te = ce.TargetEncoder(cols=["city"], smoothing=10)
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X_tr = te.fit_transform(X_train, y_train)
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X_te = te.transform(X_test)
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```
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### Hashing trick (constant memory)
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```python
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from sklearn.feature_extraction import FeatureHasher
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h = FeatureHasher(n_features=256, input_type="string")
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X_h = h.transform([["zip=" + z] for z in df["zip_code"]])
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```
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## 매 결정 기준
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| cardinality | model | encoding |
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|---|---|---|
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| <10 | any | one-hot |
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| 10–50 | linear / NN | one-hot or embedding |
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| 50–1000 | tree | target / frequency |
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| >1000 | any | hashing / embedding |
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| 매 ordinal | any | OrdinalEncoder |
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**기본값**: `OneHotEncoder(handle_unknown="ignore")` in ColumnTransformer.
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## 🔗 Graph
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- 부모: [[Feature Engineering|Feature-Engineering]]
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- 변형: [[Target-Encoding]]
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- 응용: [[Logistic-Regression-Foundations|Logistic-Regression]]
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- Adjacent: [[Sparse-Matrix]] · [[Curse-of-Dimensionality]]
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## 🤖 LLM 활용
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**언제**: 매 quick prototype, low-cardinality categorical, linear / tree baseline.
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**언제 X**: 매 high-cardinality (>1000), text tokens (use embedding), online learning with new categories.
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## ❌ 안티패턴
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- **Train-only fit**: test set 의 unseen category 에 crash → `handle_unknown="ignore"`.
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- **Drop-first with regularized model**: 불필요한 정보 손실.
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- **OHE on high-cardinality without sparse**: memory blowup.
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- **LabelEncoder for features**: fake ordinal 강제, linear model 망가짐.
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- **Leak via target encoding without fold**: target encoding 사용 시 K-fold 필수.
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## 🧪 검증 / 중복
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- Verified (sklearn 1.4 docs, pandas 2.2 docs).
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- 신뢰도 A.
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## 🕓 Changelog
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| 날짜 | 변경 |
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| 2026-05-08 | Phase 1 |
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| 2026-05-10 | Manual cleanup — sklearn/pandas patterns + cardinality decision matrix |
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