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Which is a good choice LDA or PCA for feature reduction in the supervised learning model?


PCA -> Unsupervised Model or use for supervise learning too LDA -> supervise Model Both used for the feature reduction.

Which is batter LDA or PCA for supervising learning feature reduction and why?

Data-set: It is very famous data-set of wine to find out the customer category.  Sample Data-Set


Solution

  • If you have labels, a supervised approach will usually be much better than an unsupervised approach.

    At least if the labels suit your problem.

    If you do not have labels, then you can't use LDA.