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Model Evaluation and validation

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 👉Part 12: Model Evaluation and Validation👈 Welcome back to the Beginner's Guide to Data Science! In this installment, we will delve into the critical aspect of model evaluation and validation. After building Machine Learning algorithms, it's essential to assess their performance on unseen data to ensure their effectiveness and generalizability. Training, Validation, and Test Sets: To evaluate a model properly, it's crucial to split the available data into three sets: training set, validation set, and test set. The training set is used to train the model, the validation set is used to tune hyperparameters and make decisions during the model development phase, and the test set is used to evaluate the final performance of the model. The test set should be kept completely separate from the training and validation sets to ensure an unbiased assessment. Performance Metrics: Several performance metrics are used to evaluate the performance of ML models based on the type of probl...

Introduction to Machine learning algorithms

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  👉Part 9: Introduction to Machine Learning Algorithms👈 Welcome to part 9 of the "Beginner's Guide to Data Science" blog series! In this installment, we will dive deeper into the fascinating world of machine learning and explore different types of machine learning algorithms. Machine learning is a critical aspect of data science, as it allows us to make predictions and decisions based on patterns and trends found in data. Let's get started: 1. Supervised Learning: Supervised learning is a type of machine learning where the model is trained on labeled data. Labeled data means that each input has an associated output or target variable. The goal of supervised learning is to learn a mapping between input features and the target variable so that the model can predict the target for new, unseen data. Examples of supervised learning algorithms: Linear Regression, Decision Trees, Random Forest, Support Vector Machines (SVM), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Neural Networks. 2. U...

Feature Engineering

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👉 Part 8: Feature Engineering👈 Welcome back to our beginner's guide to data science! In this segment, we'll delve into the intriguing world of feature engineering, a critical aspect of data preprocessing that has a significant impact on the performance of your machine learning models. Understanding Feature Engineering: Feature engineering involves creating new features from the existing ones or transforming the existing features to improve the predictive power of your models. Well-engineered features can uncover hidden patterns in the data, making your models more effective and accurate. Feature Engineering Techniques: Feature Extraction: This involves transforming raw data into a feature space where it can be more effectively used by machine learning algorithms. Techniques like text vectorization (e.g., TF-IDF, word embeddings) and image feature extraction (e.g., using Convolutional Neural Networks) fall under this category. Feature Transformation: Transforming features c...

NLP Natural language processing

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👉  Part 7: Introduction to Natural Language Processing (NLP)👈 Introduction: Welcome to Part 7 of our Beginner's Guide to Data Science series! In this installment, we will explore the fascinating world of Natural Language Processing (NLP). NLP is a branch of artificial intelligence that focuses on enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language. It has widespread applications in areas such as language translation, sentiment analysis, chatbots, and text summarization. What is Natural Language Processing (NLP)? Natural Language Processing is a field of study that combines computer science, linguistics, and artificial intelligence to analyze and manipulate human language. It involves developing algorithms and models that can process text and extract useful information from it. Key NLP Tasks: a. Text Tokenization: Breaking down a piece of text into smaller units, such as words or sentences, is essential for many NLP tasks. b. Part-of-Speech Tagging: Assigni...