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Scikit-Learn for Machine Learning

Learn how to build and evaluate machine learning models using scikit-learn, from data preprocessing to model selection and evaluation.

Intermediate

55 Lessons

27h

Certificate of Completion

Learn how to build and evaluate machine learning models using scikit-learn, from data preprocessing to model selection and evaluation.

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Course Overview

This comprehensive course is designed to develop the knowledge and skills to effectively utilize the scikit-learn library in Python for machine learning tasks. It is an excellent resource to help you develop practical machine learning applications using Python and scikit-learn. In this course, you’ll learn fundamental concepts such as supervised and unsupervised learning, data preprocessing, and model evaluation. You’ll also learn how to implement popular machine learning algorithms, including regression, ...Show More

What You'll Learn

An understanding of data preprocessing steps

Proficiency in model selection and evaluation

Implementation level skills for designing supervised learning algorithms

An insight into unsupervised learning techniques

Working knowledge of hyperparameter tuning and optimization

An understanding of data preprocessing steps

Course Content

Course Overview

1 Lessons

Introduction

Introduction to Machine Learning

7 Lessons

What Is Machine Learning?

The Machine Learning Process

What Is Scikit-Learn?

Importing Data with Scikit-Learn

Quiz: Introduction to Machine Learning

Coding Challenge: Importing Data

Solution: Importing Data

Preprocessing

10 Lessons

Introduction to Preprocessing

Dimensionality Reduction

Imputation of Missing Values

Quiz: Preprocessing

Coding Challenge: Preprocessing

Solution: Preprocessing

Supervised Learning

11 Lessons

Introduction to Supervised Learning

Linear Models

SVM

SGD

KNN

Decision Trees

Naive Bayes

Ensemble Methods

Quiz: Supervised Learning

Coding Challenge: Supervised Learning

Solution: Supervised Learning

Unsupervised Learning

8 Lessons

Introduction to Unsupervised Learning

GMM

K-Means

DBSCAN

Hierarchical Clustering

Quiz: Unsupervised Learning

Coding Challenge: Unsupervised Learning

Solution: Unsupervised Learning

Model Evaluation

9 Lessons

Introduction to Model Evaluation

Regression Metrics

Classification Metrics

Clustering Metrics

Basic Cross-Validation

Advanced Cross-Validation

Quiz: Model Evaluation

Coding Challenge: Model Evaluation

Solution: Model Evaluation

Tips and Tricks

8 Lessons

Introduction to Tips and Tricks

Pipelines

Baselines

Permutation Feature Importance

Model Persistence

Quiz: Tips and Tricks

Coding Challenge: Tips and Tricks

Solution: Tips and Tricks

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Wrap Up

Course Author

Arthur Mello

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