Simple Linear Regression for the Absolute Beginner

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Simple Linear Regression for the Absolute Beginner

Name: Simple Linear Regression for the Absolute Beginner
Rating: 4.574074074074074 (11 reviews)

Instructor: Ryan Ahmed

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Guided Project

Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance

4.6

(54 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

2 hours

Learn at your own pace

Hands-on learning

Learn more

What you'll learn

Understand the theory and intuition behind simple linear regression models
Build, train and test a simple linear regression model in Sklearn
Perform data cleaning, feature engineering and visualization

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Hello everyone and welcome to this hands-on guided project on simple linear regression for the absolute beginner. In simple linear regression, we predict the value of one variable Y based on another variable X. X is called the independent variable and Y is called the dependent variable. This guided project is practical and directly applicable to many industries. You can add this project to your portfolio of projects which is essential for your next job interview.

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In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

Understand the Problem Statement
Import Libraries and Datasets
Practice Opportunity #1 [Optional]
Perform Data Visualization
Create Training and Testing Datasets
Practice Opportunity #2 [Optional]
Understand the theory behind Simple Linear Regression
Train a simple linear regression model
Practice Opportunity #3 [Optional]
Evaluate Trained Simple Linear Regression Model Performance
Practice Opportunity #4 [Optional]
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Basic math and python programming fundamentals

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Reviewed on Aug 26, 2024

Well explained and well structured. The instructors is knowledgeable.

Reviewed on Aug 30, 2023

Great learn-by-doing course for Linear Regression topic!

Reviewed on Oct 23, 2022

This is a good course for beginners who are having a background in python. You can understand basics of regression analysis and visualisation.

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Simple Linear Regression for the Absolute Beginner

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