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Instructor: Arimoro Olayinka Imisioluwa
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Intermediate level
A good understanding of data manipulation and visualization using tidyverse packages in R and some knowledge of machine learning concepts.
Recommended experience
Intermediate level
A good understanding of data manipulation and visualization using tidyverse packages in R and some knowledge of machine learning concepts.
Import, explore, and prepare the data for modeling using summary tables, data visualizations, and data splitting using tidymodels
Build and tune predictive models, including classification models with tidymodels
Evaluate model performance using appropriate metrics and techniques, and select the best model
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This guided project aims to empower data professionals to build tidy machine-learning models in R.
In this 2-hour project-based course, you will be working in the context of a real-world scenario as part of a data-science team tasked with reducing hospital readmissions for a leading healthcare organization. Through hands-on practice, you’ll learn to preprocess clinical data and train and evaluate machine learning models. By the end of this learning experience, you'll have created a comprehensive machine-learning pipeline tailored to predict hospital readmissions. To succeed, you'll need a good understanding of R programming language, including data manipulation and visualization using tidyverse packages and some knowledge of machine learning concepts. No prior experience with Tidymodels is required, making it accessible to anyone interested in leveraging data science for healthcare analytics. Join us on this transformative journey and become equipped to make a meaningful impact on patient care outcomes through data-driven insights.
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Set up and overview of the project
Describe and summarize the data
Explore the data using visualizations
Check for data issues and create data splits for modeling
Create a recipe and specify the models
Create a workflow set and tune the hyperparameters
Evaluate and select prediction models
Finalize the workflow
Evaluate the model on the test set
Fitting and using the final model
A good understanding of data manipulation and visualization using tidyverse packages in R and some knowledge of machine learning concepts.
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