Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Dates and location
Pricing
Hours
Description
This bundle is designed to provide professionals with essential machine learning skills using Python, empowering you to analyze data effectively and uncover meaningful insights for your business.
You’ll receive a comprehensive introduction to state-of-the-art machine learning techniques, covering how algorithms function, how to engineer features for the best predictive models, and strategies for fine-tuning models to achieve optimal predictive performance.
The curriculum is tailored to professionals from any field and does not require prior knowledge of advanced mathematics, statistics or Python. Participants will develop practical, actionable skills through immersive, hands-on labs utilizing free and open-source software.
Topics Include:
Module | Description |
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Pre-Learning: Python Quick Start |
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Module 1: Course Introduction |
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Module 2: Supervised Learning |
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Module 3: Exploring the Data |
Hands-On Lab #1 |
Module 4: Classification Trees |
Hands-On Lab #2 |
Module 5: Awesome Classification Trees |
Hands-On Lab #3 |
Module 6: Feature Engineering |
Hands-On Lab #4 |
Module 7: Regression Trees |
Hands-On Lab #5 |
Module 8: The Mighty Random Forest |
Hands-On Lab #6 |
Module 9: Awesome Random Forests |
Hands-On Lab #7 |
Module 10: Course Wrap-Up |
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Key Takeaways
Upon completion of this course, you will learn:
- The foundational skills of Python programming, using Jupyter notebooks, understanding data types and structures, managing control flow, creating functions, handling data tables, and visualizing data effectively.
- The different types of machine learning and supervised learning.
- The CART classification tree algorithms including their mathematical foundations and implementations.
- Techniques for tuning CART models and evaluating their accuracy to optimize performance.
- Exploration of overfitting in machine learning and strategies to address the bias-variance tradeoff.
- Feature engineering principles for enhancing decision tree predictive models.
- Insights into the random forest algorithm, its advantages for production systems, and methods for fine-tuning.
- Access to additional resources for further development of machine learning expertise.
Who Will Benefit
This course is designed for professionals from any field who want to gain practical machine learning skills using Python, enabling them to analyze data effectively and derive impactful business insights.
Prerequisite(s)
Learners must have the ability to download and install software on their computer (Anaconda Distribution of Python). In the Python Quick Start module, you will learn how to install the required software. No prior skills in programming are required.
Disclaimer
Most of CPA Ontario's 450+ on-demand courses are compatible with the mobile app. Unfortunately, this on demand course is not compatible. For the best learning experience, we suggest you use your computer.
How to Access the Course
To access the course please visit our BlackBoard site, and log-in using the same login and password used for the Registration Portal.
Please allow up to 15 minutes after registration for the course to appear on your BlackBoard page.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.
Speaker(s)
Dave Langer is a Microsoft MVP, LinkedIn Top Voice, analytics consultant, and top-rated TDWI instructor. Dave on Data was founded to demystify analytics and empower any professional with data science skills for the data-driven future of business. Before starting Dave on Data, Dave held analytics leadership roles at Schedulicity, Data Science Dojo, and Microsoft.
TDWI is the leading provider of education and research for business intelligence, analytics, and data management professionals. TDWI’s vendor-neutral training is led by experienced practitioners, and has earned a world-wide reputation for being comprehensive, practical, and actionable.