[scikit-learn] Using fit_intercept with sparse matrices

[Michael Eickenberg]

On Tuesday, July 5, 2016, Joel Nothman <joel.nothman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Jaidev is suggesting that fit_intercept=False makes no sense if the data
> is sparse.
>

+1


> But I think that depends on your target variable.
>

+1


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> On 4 July 2016 at 22:11, Alexandre Gramfort <
> alexandre.gramfort at telecom-paristech.fr
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> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Jaidev Deshpande
>> <deshpande.jaidev at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','deshpande.jaidev at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>> > My point was, would it not be useful to raise a warning when the input
>> is
>> > sparse and the user does _not_ want to fit the intercept?
>>
>> I don't get it. Just fit_intercept=False should do it. why a warning???
>>
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