La documentación dice:
http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/dev/basics.html
"Los valores continuos se pueden discretizar utilizando las funciones cut (bins basados en valores) y qcut (bins basados en cuantiles de muestra)"
Suena muy abstracto para mí ... Puedo ver las diferencias en el siguiente ejemplo, pero ¿qué significa realmente qcut (cuantil de muestra)? ¿Cuándo usarías qcut versus cut?
Gracias.
factors = np.random.randn(30)
In [11]:
pd.cut(factors, 5)
Out[11]:
[(-0.411, 0.575], (-0.411, 0.575], (-0.411, 0.575], (-0.411, 0.575], (0.575, 1.561], ..., (-0.411, 0.575], (-1.397, -0.411], (0.575, 1.561], (-2.388, -1.397], (-0.411, 0.575]]
Length: 30
Categories (5, object): [(-2.388, -1.397] < (-1.397, -0.411] < (-0.411, 0.575] < (0.575, 1.561] < (1.561, 2.547]]
In [14]:
pd.qcut(factors, 5)
Out[14]:
[(-0.348, 0.0899], (-0.348, 0.0899], (0.0899, 1.19], (0.0899, 1.19], (0.0899, 1.19], ..., (0.0899, 1.19], (-1.137, -0.348], (1.19, 2.547], [-2.383, -1.137], (-0.348, 0.0899]]
Length: 30
Categories (5, object): [[-2.383, -1.137] < (-1.137, -0.348] < (-0.348, 0.0899] < (0.0899, 1.19] < (1.19, 2.547]]`