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What is the difference between fit_transform and transform?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
fit_transform learns parameters and applies transformation; transform only applies learned transformation.
Deep explanation
fit computes statistics; transform uses them. fit_transform is used on training data, transform on test data.
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