Machine Learning Overview (page 1 of 13)

In this section of the course, you will apply your Python skills to create predictive models using a variety of machine learning algorithms. You will work with supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms. In doing so, you will learn machine learning terminology and build your python code library.

A computer scientist most often constructs the algorithms that business analysts use. For instance, a computer scientist or mathematician will develop a random forest or decision tree algorithm. The business analyst will then use that random forest or decision tree algorithm to build a predictive model to make better managerial decisions. Therefore, the business analyst is an applied modeler who uses the algorithms developed by the computer scientists.