Machine Learning Basics

In this course, you will: a) understand the basic concepts of machine learning. b) understand a typical memory-based method, the K nearest neighbor method. c) understand linear regression. d) understand model analysis. Please make sure that you’re comfortable programming in Python and have a basic knowledge of mathematics including matrix multiplications, and conditional probability.

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Syllabus

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
The basic concepts of machine learning
Week 2
The k-Nearest Neighbors
Week 3
Linear Regression
Week 4
Logistic Regression

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Is financial aid available?

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