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Applied Supervised Learning with Python

You're reading from   Applied Supervised Learning with Python Use scikit-learn to build predictive models from real-world datasets and prepare yourself for the future of machine learning

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2019
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ISBN-13 9781789954920
Length 404 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ishita Mathur Ishita Mathur
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Benjamin Johnston Benjamin Johnston
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Chapter 1. Python Machine Learning Toolkit

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Explain supervised machine learning and describe common examples of machine learning problems

  • Install and load Python libraries into your development environment for use in analysis and machine learning problems

  • Access and interpret the documentation of a subset of Python libraries, including the powerful pandas library

  • Create an IPython Jupyter notebook and use executable code cells and markdown cells to create a dynamic report

  • Load an external data source using pandas and use a variety of methods to search, filter, and compute descriptive statistics of the data

  • Clean a data source of mediocre quality and gauge the potential impact of various issues within the data source

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This chapter introduces supervised learning, Jupyter notebooks, and some of the most common pandas data methods.

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