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Hands-On Data Science and Python Machine Learning

You're reading from   Hands-On Data Science and Python Machine Learning Perform data mining and machine learning efficiently using Python and Spark

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787280748
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER 2. Statistics and Probability Refresher, and Python Practice 3. Matplotlib and Advanced Probability Concepts 4. Predictive Models 5. Machine Learning with Python 6. Recommender Systems 7. More Data Mining and Machine Learning Techniques 8. Dealing with Real-World Data 9. Apache Spark - Machine Learning on Big Data 10. Testing and Experimental Design

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In this chapter, we talked about regression analysis, which is trying to fit a curve to a set of training data and then using it to predict new values. We saw its different forms. We looked at the concept of linear regression and its implementation in Python.

We learned what polynomial regression is, that is, using higher degree polynomials to create better, complex curves for multi-dimensional data. We also saw its implementation in Python.

We then talked about multivariate regression, which is a little bit more complicated. We saw how it is used when there are multiple factors affecting the data that we're predicting. We looked at an interesting example, which predicts the price of a car using Python and a very powerful tool, pandas.

Finally, we looked at the concept of multi-level models. We understood some of the challenges and how to think about them when you...

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