``noise``
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- Available in Data Preparation for Target Encoding

Description
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If random noise should be added to the target average, the ``noise`` parameter can be used to specify the amount of noise to be added. This value defaults to 0.01 \* range of y of random noise.

Related Parameters
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- `blended_avg <blended_avg.html>`__
- `holdout_type <holdout_type.html>`__
- `smoothing <smoothing.html>`__
- `inflection_point <inflection_point.html>`__

Example
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Refer to the `Target Encoding <../../data-munging/target-encoding.html>`__ data munging topic to view a detailed example.