Building Intelligent Systems: A Guide to Machine Learning Engineering

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3. A Brief Refresher on Working with Data

Geoff Hulten¹ 

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Lynnwood, Washington, USA

 

Data is central to every Intelligent System. This chapter gives a conceptual overview of working with data , introducing key concepts from data science, statistics, and machine learning. The goal is to establish a baseline of understanding to facilitate discussions and decision making between all participants of an Intelligent System project.

This chapter will cover:

• Structured data.

• Asking questions of data.

• Data models.

• Conceptual machine learning.

• Some common pitfalls of working with data.

Structured Data

Data is changing the world, that’s for sure.

But what is ...