Performing equal-width discretization

Equal-width discretization consists of dividing the range of observed values for a variable into k equally sized intervals, where k is supplied by the user. The interval width for the X variable is given by the following:

Then, if the values of the variable vary between 0 and 100, we can create five bins like this: width = (100-0) / 5 = 20. The bins will be 0–20, 20–40, 40–60, and 80–100. The first and final bins (0–20 and 80–100) can be expanded to accommodate values smaller than 0 or greater than 100 by extending the limits to minus and plus infinity.

In this recipe, we will carry out equal-width discretization using pandas, scikit-learn, and feature-engine.

How to do it...

First, let’s import the necessary Python libraries and get the dataset ready:

1. Let’s import the libraries and functions:

   import numpy as np
   import pandas as pd
   import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
   from...