Chapter 1. Getting Started with Predictive Modelling
Predictive modelling is an art; its a science of unearthing the story impregnated into silos of data. This chapter introduces the scope and application of predictive modelling and shows a glimpse of what could be achieved with it, by giving some real-life examples.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics in detail:
- Introducing predictive modelling
- Applications and examples of predictive modelling
- Installing and downloading Python and its packages
- Working with different IDEs for Python
Introducing predictive modelling
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