Maximum absolute scaling
This lesson will cover a feature scaling technique known as maximum absolute scaling. We will also see an illustrative example, its formula, some points to consider when using this scaling technique, and how to implement the maximum absolute scaling in a few lines of code.
Definition
Maximum absolute scaling scales the data to its maximum value; that is, it divides every observation by the maximum value of the variable.
The formula for maximum absolute scaling is given as:
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