Get startedGet started for free

Getting dummies

You will now transform the department variable, which you know is nominal based on the values you observed. To do that, you will use so-called dummy variables.

This exercise is part of the course

HR Analytics: Predicting Employee Churn in Python

View Course

Exercise instructions

  • get_dummies() out of the department column of the data and save them inside a new DataFrame called departments.
  • Take a quick look at the first 5 rows of the new DataFrame called departments.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Get dummies and save them inside a new DataFrame
departments = pd.____(____.department)

# Take a quick look to the first 5 rows of the new DataFrame called departments
print(____.____())
Edit and Run Code