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Duration

22 hours

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Intermediate

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Credential

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Predictive Analytics and Data Mining
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Predictive Analytics and Data Mining
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Highlights

  • Offered By University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • inlcudes peer graded assignments, exercises and quizzes
  • Learn from eminent faculty of University of Illinois
  • Requires effort of 5-6 hours per week
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Predictive Analytics and Data Mining
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Skills you will learn
What are the course deliverables?
  • Students will learn to identify the ideal analytic tool for their specific needs; understand valid and reliable ways to collect, analyze, and visualize data; and utilize data in decision making for their agencies, organizations or clients.
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  • This course introduces students to the science of business analytics while casting a keen eye toward the artful use of numbers found in the digital space. The goal is to provide businesses and managers with the foundation needed to apply data analytics to real-world challenges they confront daily in their professional lives.

Predictive Analytics and Data Mining
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Curriculum

WEEK-1: Get Ready & Module 1: Drowning in Data, Starving for Knowledge

Welcome to Predictive Analytics and Data Mining

Meet Professor Sridhar Seshadri

Rattle Installation Guidelines for Windows

Rattle Installation Guideline for MacOS

Rattle Interface for Windows

Introduction to Clustering

Applications of Clustering

How to Cluster

Introduction to K Means

Hierarchical (Agglomerative) Clustering

Measuring Similarity Between Clusters1

Real World Clustering Example

Clustering Practice and Summary

WEEK-2 Decision Trees

Introduction to Discriminative Classifiers

Model Complexity

Rule Based Classifiers

Entropy and Decision Trees

Classification Tree Example

Regression Tree Example

Introduction to Forests and Spam Filter Exercise

WEEK-3-Module 3: Rules, Rules, and More Rules

Introduction to Rules

K-Nearest Neighbor

K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier

Selecting the Best K in Rstudio

Bayes' Rule

The Naive Bayes Trick

Employee Attrition Example

Employee Attrition Example in Rstudio, Exercise, and Summary

WEEK-4 Model Performance and Recommendation Systems

Introduction to Model Performance

Classification Tree Example

True and False Negatives

Clock Example Exercise

Making Recommendations

Association Rule Mining

Collaborative Filtering

Recommendation Example in Rstudio and Summary

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