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use predict
instead of transform
#88
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I'm not sure, but @lindahua definitely knows why. After some digging, this can be relevant: JuliaStats/Roadmap.jl#4 (comment) My understanding that |
This package is very old, so it could make sense to rename some methods now that the ecosystem has evolved. If that's possible, using |
FWIW, I think transform makes more sense for dimensionality reduction, but it probably shouldn't be exported. Maybe StatsBase should define it and MultivariateStats could extend it? |
I'd be fine with defining it but not exported. I guess it could be defined in StatsBase, but only if other stats packages use it. It's the kind of situation where I wish there was a |
The new |
For some methods |
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Names are important. I struggled for some hours to make sense of the MLR documentation because I could not undersand what the Personally, I find it helpful if the name is suggestive of function. A PCA projection will never be a "prediction" in my mind. Define a I do like the |
See issues: - JuliaStats#88 - JuliaStats#120
why is
MultivariateStats
usingtransform
and notpredict
as the rest of the stats-ecosystem in Julia?The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: