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Machine Learning with R Cookbook, Second Edition

You're reading from   Machine Learning with R Cookbook, Second Edition Analyze data and build predictive models

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787284395
Length 572 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Ashish Bhatia Ashish Bhatia
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Yu-Wei, Chiu (David Chiu) Yu-Wei, Chiu (David Chiu)
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Preface 1. Practical Machine Learning with R FREE CHAPTER 2. Data Exploration with Air Quality Datasets 3. Analyzing Time Series Data 4. R and Statistics 5. Understanding Regression Analysis 6. Survival Analysis 7. Classification 1 - Tree, Lazy, and Probabilistic 8. Classification 2 - Neural Network and SVM 9. Model Evaluation 10. Ensemble Learning 11. Clustering 12. Association Analysis and Sequence Mining 13. Dimension Reduction 14. Big Data Analysis (R and Hadoop)

Different types of regression


This section will cover different types of regression:

  • Linear regression: This is the oldest type and most widely known type of regression. In this the dependent variable is continuous and the independent variable can be discrete or continuous and the regression line is linear. Linear regression is very sensitive to outliers and cross-correlations.
  • Logistic regression: This is used when the dependent variable is binary in nature (0 or 1, success or failure, survived or died, yes or no, true or false). It is widely used in clinical trials, fraud detection, and so on. It does not require there to be a linear relationship between dependent and independent variables.
  • Polynomial regression: This implies of polynomial equation here the power of the independent variable is more than one. In this case the regression line is not a straight line, but a curved line.
  • Ridge regression: This is a more robust version of linear regression and is used when data variables are highly...
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