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Data Science for Decision Makers

You're reading from   Data Science for Decision Makers Enhance your leadership skills with data science and AI expertise

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837637294
Length 270 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jon Howells Jon Howells
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Preface 1. Part 1: Understanding Data Science and Its Foundations
2. Chapter 1: Introducing Data Science FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Characterizing and Collecting Data 4. Chapter 3: Exploratory Data Analysis 5. Chapter 4: The Significance of Significance 6. Chapter 5: Understanding Regression 7. Part 2: Machine Learning – Concepts, Applications, and Pitfalls
8. Chapter 6: Introducing Machine Learning 9. Chapter 7: Supervised Machine Learning 10. Chapter 8: Unsupervised Machine Learning 11. Chapter 9: Interpreting and Evaluating Machine Learning Models 12. Chapter 10: Common Pitfalls in Machine Learning 13. Part 3: Leading Successful Data Science Projects and Teams
14. Chapter 11: The Structure of a Data Science Project 15. Chapter 12: The Data Science Team 16. Chapter 13: Managing the Data Science Team 17. Chapter 14: Continuing Your Journey as a Data Science Leader 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Steps within supervised learning

In this section, we will explore in more detail all the steps involved in supervised learning. From data preparation to model deployment, we’ll walk through each stage, providing insights and examples along the way.

Data preparation – laying the foundation

The success of any supervised learning project hinges on the quality of the data. Data preparation is an important first step that involves the following:

  • Data cleaning: Identifying and correcting erroneous, incomplete, or inconsistent data points to ensure the integrity of your dataset.
  • Feature selection: Choosing the most informative and relevant attributes that contribute to the predictive power of your model, while discarding irrelevant or redundant features.
  • Data transformation: Converting raw data into a format that can be effectively processed by machine learning algorithms. This may involve scaling numerical features, encoding categorical variables, or handling...
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