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Supervised Learning in R: Classification

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Intermediate

In this course you will learn the basics of machine learning for classification.

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Course Description

This beginner-level introduction to machine learning covers four of the most common classification algorithms. You will come away with a basic understanding of how each algorithm approaches a learning task, as well as learn the R functions needed to apply these tools to your own work.
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    k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN)

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    As the kNN algorithm literally "learns by example" it is a case in point for starting to understand supervised machine learning. This chapter will introduce classification while working through the application of kNN to self-driving vehicle road sign recognition.

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    Classification with Nearest Neighbors
    50 xp
    Recognizing a road sign with kNN
    100 xp
    Thinking like kNN
    50 xp
    Exploring the traffic sign dataset
    100 xp
    Classifying a collection of road signs
    100 xp
    What about the 'k' in kNN?
    50 xp
    Understanding the impact of 'k'
    50 xp
    Testing other 'k' values
    100 xp
    Seeing how the neighbors voted
    100 xp
    Data preparation for kNN
    50 xp
    Why normalize data?
    50 xp

In the following tracks

Associate Data Scientist in RMachine Learning Fundamentals in RMachine Learning Scientist with R

Collaborators

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Nick Carchedi
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Nick Solomon

Prerequisites

Intermediate R
Brett Lantz HeadshotBrett Lantz

Senior Data Scientist at Sony PlayStation

Brett Lantz currently works as a data scientist at Sony PlayStation, is the author of Machine Learning with R, and teaches machine learning at the Global School in Empirical Research Methods summer program. After training as a sociologist, Brett has applied his endless thirst for data to projects that involve understanding and predicting human behavior in fields including epidemiology, higher education fundraising, and most recently, the video gaming industry.
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  • Garrett S.
    11 months

    Highly recommend

  • Nicolas F.
    11 months

    Excellent and concise overview of these machine learning strategies.

  • Olga` K.
    12 months

    Appreciated the coding part of the course - but it definitely requires one to clear the beginner's levels. As far as the theoretical part is concerned - what is covered is sufficient to launch into coding but more encouragement should be done to promote further learning for designing code and then interpreting results. Application to practice is outstanding.

  • Talha T.
    about 1 year

    perfect

  • Andrew H.
    about 1 year

    Very good course - much to learn and recall

"Highly recommend"

Garrett S.

"Excellent and concise overview of these machine learning strategies."

Nicolas F.

"perfect"

Talha T.

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