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Learning Path
Get started with machine learning
Overview
This learning path is designed for anyone interested in quickly getting up to speed with machine learning. The learning path consists of step-by-step tutorials with hands-on demonstrations where you will build models and use them in apps. You'll use Python and scikit-learn to build and test the models.
Skill level
Beginner
Estimated time to complete
Approximately 2 hours.
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this learning path, you will be able to:
- Understand what machine learning is
- Understand supervised versus unsupervised learning
- Perform data exploration and preprocessing
- Prepare and train a classification model
- Understand linear regression
- Know the basics of solving a classification-based machine learning problem
- Understand and use clustering algorithms using Python and scikit-learn