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This first course in the IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate introduces you to Machine Learning and the content of the professional certificate. In this course you will realize the importance of good, quality data. You will learn common techniques to retrieve your data, clean it, apply feature engineering, and have it ready for preliminary analysis and hypothesis testing.
By the end of this course you should be able to:
Retrieve data from multiple data sources: SQL, NoSQL databases, APIs, Cloud 
Describe and use common feature selection and feature engineering techniques
Handle categorical and ordinal features, as well as missing values
Use a variety of techniques for detecting and dealing with outliers
Articulate why feature scaling is important and use a variety of scaling techniques
 
Who should take this course?
This course targets aspiring data scientists interested in acquiring hands-on experience  with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in a business setting.
 
What skills should you have?
To make the most out of this course, you should have familiarity with programming on a Python development environment, as well as fundamental understanding of Calculus, Linear Algebra, Probability, and Statistics.

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Approx. 14 hours to complete

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Skills you will gain

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Machine Learning
Feature Engineering
Statistical Hypothesis Testing
Exploratory Data Analysis

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Intermediate Level

Approx. 14 hours to complete

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Joseph Santarcangelo

Ph.D., Data Scientist at IBM

IBM Developer Skills Network

924,315 Learners

26 Courses

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Data Science Content Developer

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

A Brief History of Modern AI and its Applications

Artificial Intelligence is not new, but it is new in a sense that it is easier than ever to get started using Machine Learning in business settings. In this module, we will go over a quick introduction to AI and Machine Learning and we will visit a brief history of the modern AI. We will also explore some of the current applications of AI and Machine Learning for you, to think about how you want to leverage them in your day to day business practice or personal projects.

2 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 57 min), 2 readings, 3 quizzes

10 videos

Course Introduction1mIntroduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning5mMachine Learning and Deep Learning10mMachine Learning and Deep Learning - Part 15mMachine Learning and Deep Learning - Part 24mHistory of AI7mHistory of Machine Learning and Deep Learning5mModern AI6mApplications3mMachine Learning Workflow6m

2 readings

Course Prerequisites4mReview3m

3 practice exercises

Practice Quiz: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning5mPractice Quiz: Modern AI Applications and Workflows5mGraded Quiz: Module 1 - Modern AI and its Applications30m

Week2

Week 2

3 hours to complete

Retrieving and Cleaning Data

3 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 43 min), 3 readings, 6 quizzes

7 videos

Retrieving Data from CSV and JSON Files4mRetrieving Data from Databases, APIs, and the Cloud8m[Optional] Lab Solution: Reading Data Jupyter Notebook - Part A7m[Optional]Lab Solution: Reading in Database Files - Part B5mData Cleaning6mHandling Missing Values and Outliers6mHandling Missing Values and Outliers using Residuals4m

3 readings

[Optional] Download Assets for Lab: Reading Data in Database Files - Part A2m[Optional] Download Assets for Lab: Reading Data in Jupyter Notebook - Part B2mSummary/Review3m

3 practice exercises

Practice Quiz: Retrieving Data9mPractice Quiz: Data Cleaning5mGraded Quiz: Module 2 - Retrieving Data and Cleaning Data30m

Week3

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Exploratory Data Analysis and Feature Engineering

5 hours to complete

15 videos (Total 104 min), 3 readings, 7 quizzes

15 videos

Introduction to Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)5mEDA with Visualization6mGrouping Data for EDA6m[Optional]Solution: EDA Notebook - Part 15m[Optional]Solution: EDA Notebook - Part 210m[Optional]Solution: EDA Notebook - Part 36m[Optional]Solution: EDA Notebook - Part 48mFeature Engineering and Variable Transformation - Background3m Variable Transformation5mFeature Encoding3mFeature Scaling4mCommon Variable Transformations in Python2m[Optional] Solution: Feature Engineering Lab - Part 111m[Optional] Solution: Feature Engineering Lab - Part 212m[Optional] Solution: Feature Engineering Lab - Part 39m

3 readings

[Optional] Download Assets for Lab: Exploratory Data Analysis Lab2m[Optional] Download Assets for Lab: Feature Engineering Demo 2mSummary/Review10m

3 practice exercises

Practice Quiz: Exploratory Data Analysis5mPractice Quiz: Feature Engineering and Variable Transformation5mGraded Quiz: Module 3 - Exploratory Data Analysis and Feature Engineering30m

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing

Inferential statistics and hypothesis testing are two types of data analysis often overlooked at early stages of analyzing your data. They can give you quick insights about the quality of your data. They also help you confirm business intuition and help you prescribe what to analyze next using Machine Learning. This module looks at useful definitions and simple examples that will help you get started creating hypothesis around your business problem and how to test them.

3 hours to complete

16 videos (Total 88 min), 2 readings, 5 quizzes

16 videos

Estimation and Inference - Introduction5mEstimation and Inference - Example5mEstimation and Inference - Parametric vs. Non-Parametric5mEstimation and Inference - Commonly Used Distributions4mFrequentist vs. Bayesian Statistics5mIntroduction to Hypothesis2mHypothesis Testing Example2mBayesian Interpretation of Hypothesis Testing Example4mType 1 vs Type 2 Error5mType 1 vs Type 2 Error: Examples4mHypothesis Testing Terminology 4mSignificance Level and P-Values7mSignificance Level and P-Values and the F Statistic5m[Optional] Hypothesis Testing Demo - Part 15m[Optional] Hypothesis Testing Demo - Part 210mCorrelation vs Causation9m

2 readings

[Optional] Download Assets for Lab: Hypothesis Testing Demo2mSummary/Review3m

3 practice exercises

Practice Quiz: Estimation and Inference, and Hypothesis Testing5mPractice Quiz: Hypothesis Testing5mGraded Quiz: Module 4 - Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM EXPLORATORY DATA ANALYSIS FOR MACHINE LEARNING

by AESep 26, 2021

Very detailed course of Exploratory Data Analysis for Machine learning. Ready to take the next step in data science or Machine learning, this is great course for taking you to the next level.

by PZApr 6, 2021

Very well curated course. Walks through all the topics in detail. Would be better if the professor had a little bit higher voice.

by APFeb 25, 2023

This course was amazing. I always assumed that EDA was the challenging part of ML, But in this course I found it so cool. can't wait for the next course.

by AMDec 17, 2020

Good introduction. The time estimates to complete assignments are off.

Need a lot more material and direction for assignments to aid learning.

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