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Principles of Data Science

You're reading from   Principles of Data Science A beginner's guide to essential math and coding skills for data fluency and machine learning

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837636303
Length 326 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Sinan Ozdemir Sinan Ozdemir
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Preface 1. Chapter 1: Data Science Terminology 2. Chapter 2: Types of Data FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: The Five Steps of Data Science 4. Chapter 4: Basic Mathematics 5. Chapter 5: Impossible or Improbable – A Gentle Introduction to Probability 6. Chapter 6: Advanced Probability 7. Chapter 7: What Are the Chances? An Introduction to Statistics 8. Chapter 8: Advanced Statistics 9. Chapter 9: Communicating Data 10. Chapter 10: How to Tell if Your Toaster is Learning – Machine Learning Essentials 11. Chapter 11: Predictions Don’t Grow on Trees, or Do They? 12. Chapter 12: Introduction to Transfer Learning and Pre-Trained Models 13. Chapter 13: Mitigating Algorithmic Bias and Tackling Model and Data Drift 14. Chapter 14: AI Governance 15. Chapter 15: Navigating Real-World Data Science Case Studies in Action 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Mitigating Algorithmic Bias and Tackling Model and Data Drift

If you’re playing in the arena of machine learning (ML) and data science, you’re going to run into some hurdles. You can count on meeting two challenges: algorithmic bias and model and data drift. They’re like the tricky questions in a pop quiz – you might not see them coming, but you’d better be prepared to handle them.

Algorithmic bias can creep into our models, and when it does, it’s not a good look. It can lead to unfair results, and, quite frankly, it’s just not cool. But don’t worry – we’re going to tackle it head on and talk about ways to mitigate it.

Even if we consider bias, over time, changes can happen that make our models less accurate. It’s like when your favorite shirt shrinks in the wash – it’s not the shirt’s fault, but it doesn’t fit like it used to. The same happens with our models. They may have...

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