Foundations of Machine Learning
DATA 430 | 3 Credits
Course Desc: Prerequisite: DATA 300. A hands-on introduction to machine learning principles and methods that can be applied to solve practical problems. Topics include supervised and unsupervised learning, especially linear regression, logistic regression, decision tree, naïve Bayes, and clustering analysis. Focus is on using data from a wide range of domains, such as healthcare, finance, marketing, and government, to build predictive models for informed decision-making. Discussion also covers handling missing data, performing cross-validation to avoid overtraining, evaluating classifiers, and measuring precision.