`sklearn.feature_selection`.SelectKBest¶

class sklearn.feature_selection.SelectKBest(score_func=<function f_classif>, *, k=10)[source]¶

Select features according to the k highest scores.

See also

f_classif: ANOVA F-value between label/feature for classification tasks.
mutual_info_classif: Mutual information for a discrete target.
chi2: Chi-squared stats of non-negative features for classification tasks.
f_regression: F-value between label/feature for regression tasks.
mutual_info_regression: Mutual information for a continuous target.
SelectPercentile: Select features based on percentile of the highest scores.
SelectFpr: Select features based on a false positive rate test.
SelectFdr: Select features based on an estimated false discovery rate.
SelectFwe: Select features based on family-wise error rate.
GenericUnivariateSelect: Univariate feature selector with configurable mode.

Notes

Ties between features with equal scores will be broken in an unspecified way.

This filter supports unsupervised feature selection that only requests X for computing the scores.

Examples

>>> from sklearn.datasets import load_digits
>>> from sklearn.feature_selection import SelectKBest, chi2
>>> X, y = load_digits(return_X_y=True)
>>> X.shape
(1797, 64)
>>> X_new = SelectKBest(chi2, k=20).fit_transform(X, y)
>>> X_new.shape
(1797, 20)

Methods

`fit`(X[, y])	Run score function on (X, y) and get the appropriate features.
`fit_transform`(X[, y])	Fit to data, then transform it.
`get_feature_names_out`([input_features])	Mask feature names according to selected features.
`get_metadata_routing`()	Get metadata routing of this object.
`get_params`([deep])	Get parameters for this estimator.
`get_support`([indices])	Get a mask, or integer index, of the features selected.
`inverse_transform`(X)	Reverse the transformation operation.
`set_output`(*[, transform])	Set output container.
`set_params`(**params)	Set the parameters of this estimator.
`transform`(X)	Reduce X to the selected features.

fit(X, y=None)[source]¶

Run score function on (X, y) and get the appropriate features.

Parameters:

Xarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features): The training input samples.
yarray-like of shape (n_samples,) or None: The target values (class labels in classification, real numbers in regression). If the selector is unsupervised then y can be set to None.

Returns:

selfobject: Returns the instance itself.

fit_transform(X, y=None, **fit_params)[source]¶

Fit to data, then transform it.

Fits transformer to X and y with optional parameters fit_params and returns a transformed version of X.

Parameters:

Xarray-like of shape (n_samples, n_features): Input samples.
yarray-like of shape (n_samples,) or (n_samples, n_outputs), default=None: Target values (None for unsupervised transformations).
**fit_paramsdict: Additional fit parameters.

Returns:

X_newndarray array of shape (n_samples, n_features_new): Transformed array.

get_feature_names_out(input_features=None)[source]¶

Mask feature names according to selected features.

Parameters:

input_featuresarray-like of str or None, default=None

Input features.

If input_features is None, then feature_names_in_ is used as feature names in. If feature_names_in_ is not defined, then the following input feature names are generated: ["x0", "x1", ..., "x(n_features_in_ - 1)"].
If input_features is an array-like, then input_features must match feature_names_in_ if feature_names_in_ is defined.

Returns:

feature_names_outndarray of str objects: Transformed feature names.

get_metadata_routing()[source]¶

Get metadata routing of this object.

Please check User Guide on how the routing mechanism works.

Returns:

routingMetadataRequest: A MetadataRequest encapsulating routing information.

get_params(deep=True)[source]¶

Get parameters for this estimator.

Parameters:

deepbool, default=True: If True, will return the parameters for this estimator and contained subobjects that are estimators.

Returns:

paramsdict: Parameter names mapped to their values.

get_support(indices=False)[source]¶

Get a mask, or integer index, of the features selected.

Parameters:

indicesbool, default=False: If True, the return value will be an array of integers, rather than a boolean mask.

Returns:

supportarray: An index that selects the retained features from a feature vector. If indices is False, this is a boolean array of shape [# input features], in which an element is True iff its corresponding feature is selected for retention. If indices is True, this is an integer array of shape [# output features] whose values are indices into the input feature vector.

inverse_transform(X)[source]¶

Reverse the transformation operation.

Parameters:

Xarray of shape [n_samples, n_selected_features]: The input samples.

Returns:

X_rarray of shape [n_samples, n_original_features]: X with columns of zeros inserted where features would have been removed by transform.

set_output(*, transform=None)[source]¶

Set output container.

See Introducing the set_output API for an example on how to use the API.

Parameters:

transform{“default”, “pandas”}, default=None

Configure output of transform and fit_transform.

"default": Default output format of a transformer
"pandas": DataFrame output
"polars": Polars output
None: Transform configuration is unchanged

New in version 1.4: "polars" option was added.

Returns:

selfestimator instance: Estimator instance.

set_params(**params)[source]¶

Set the parameters of this estimator.

The method works on simple estimators as well as on nested objects (such as Pipeline). The latter have parameters of the form <component>__<parameter> so that it’s possible to update each component of a nested object.

Parameters: