topic Re: Standardisation of target variable in HP Neural Node in SAS Academy for Data Science https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Academy-for-Data-Science/Standardisation-of-target-variable-in-HP-Neural-Node/m-p/654611#M894 I cannot generalize this. Always dependent on your data and the NN model structure and options.<BR />Because there is also None available as an option try with None as the baseline. Then evaluate other methods and pick the one suitable for your data. Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:05:42 GMT gcjfernandez 2020-06-08T17:05:42Z Standardisation of target variable in HP Neural Node https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Academy-for-Data-Science/Standardisation-of-target-variable-in-HP-Neural-Node/m-p/654239#M881 <P>Re: Neural Network Modelling</P> <P>I have noticed that the HP Neural Node provides property "Target Standardization" (page 6.10 of course text): in what instances should a target variable be standardised?</P> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:33:07 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Academy-for-Data-Science/Standardisation-of-target-variable-in-HP-Neural-Node/m-p/654239#M881 pvareschi 2020-06-08T07:33:07Z Re: Standardisation of target variable in HP Neural Node https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Academy-for-Data-Science/Standardisation-of-target-variable-in-HP-Neural-Node/m-p/654602#M890 This is relevant when the target variable is interval. Mon, 08 Jun 2020 16:52:08 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Academy-for-Data-Science/Standardisation-of-target-variable-in-HP-Neural-Node/m-p/654602#M890 gcjfernandez 2020-06-08T16:52:08Z Re: Standardisation of target variable in HP Neural Node https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Academy-for-Data-Science/Standardisation-of-target-variable-in-HP-Neural-Node/m-p/654604#M892 <P>Of course; would a standadisation of an interval target help improve prediction estimates, for instance, if the target had a highly skewed distribution?</P> Mon, 08 Jun 2020 16:55:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Academy-for-Data-Science/Standardisation-of-target-variable-in-HP-Neural-Node/m-p/654604#M892 pvareschi 2020-06-08T16:55:41Z Re: Standardisation of target variable in HP Neural Node https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Academy-for-Data-Science/Standardisation-of-target-variable-in-HP-Neural-Node/m-p/654611#M894 I cannot generalize this. Always dependent on your data and the NN model structure and options.<BR />Because there is also None available as an option try with None as the baseline. Then evaluate other methods and pick the one suitable for your data. Mon, 08 Jun 2020 17:05:42 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Academy-for-Data-Science/Standardisation-of-target-variable-in-HP-Neural-Node/m-p/654611#M894 gcjfernandez 2020-06-08T17:05:42Z