Creating dummies from a many-categories variable

Given is a basetable with one predictive variable "country". Make sure that "country" can be used as a predictive variable in a logistic regression model by creating dummy variables for it.

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Intermediate Predictive Analytics in Python

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Instructions

Create a pandas dataframe dummies_country that has the dummy variables for "country". Make sure you avoid multicollinearity.
Add these dummies to the original basetable.
Remove the original variable "country" from the basetable.

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# Create the dummy variable
dummies_country = ____.____(____["____"], ____=____)

# Add the dummy variable to the basetable
basetable = ____.____([____, ____], ____=____)

# Delete the original variable from the basetable
____ ____["____"]
print(basetable.head())

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