Principles of Data Science - Second Edition

Chapter 10. How to Tell If Your Toaster Is Learning – Machine Learning Essentials

Machine learning has become quite the phrase of the decade. It seems as though every time we hear about the next great start-up or turn on the news, we hear something about a revolutionary piece of machine learning technology and how it will change the way we live.

This chapter focuses on machine learning as a practical part of data science. We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

• Defining the different types of machine learning, along with examples of each kind
• Regression and classification
• What is machine learning and how is it used in data science?
• The differences between machine learning and statistical modeling and how machine learning is a broad category ...