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An Introduction To Key Data Science Concepts.

Definitions of 10 fundamental terms for data science and machine learning according to Dataiku

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OE} iku AN INTRODUCTION TO KEY DATA SCIENCE CONCEPTS E “x Zz a © O ah apo =€ “UF PT Coaze model (n) [madal] / noun 1, amathematical representation of areal world process; a predictive model forecasts a future ‘outcome based on past behaviors. training (Vv) [treintn] / verb 1 the process of reatingamodel rom thetraning data. The data i fed into the training algorithm, which learns a representation for the problem, and produces a model. Also called “learning”. classification (n) [klzesafokerfon] / noun 1. prediction method that assigns each data point to a predefined category, e., a type of operating system, training set (n) [treinin set] / noun 1. a dataset used to find potentially predictive relationships that will be used to create a model. feature (n) [fitfar] / noun 1. also known as an independent variable or a predictor variable, a feature is an observable quantity, recorded and used by a prediction model. You can also engineer features by combining them or adding new Information to them, [p< ©® G&D C00 GOGO 10 fundamental terms for data science and machine learning. algorithm (n) [zelgart3am] / noun -Laset of rules used to make a calculation or solve a problem. regression (n) [regrefan] / noun 1. a prediction method whose output is areal number, thats, a value that represents a quantity alonga line. Example: predicting the temperature of an engine or the revenue of a company. target (n) [target] / noun 1Linstaistics,tiscalled the dependent variable; itis the output of the model or the variable you wish to predict. test set (n) [test set] / noun 1. a dataset, separate from the training set but with the same structure, used to measure and benchmark the performance of various models overfitting (v) {ovvarfitin] / verb 1. a situation in which a model that is too complex for the data has been trained to predict the target. This leads to an overly specialized model, which makes predictions that do not reflect the reality of the underlying relationship between the features and target.

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