R Programming for Data Analysis - Machine Learning

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Why study this course

Machine Learning involves using a variety of techniques to build predictive models or extract insights from data. Our Machine Learning course builds on your basic knowledge of R and will provide you with an understanding of the machine learning process. You will learn how to:

  • perform cluster analysis

  • create regression and classification models with random forests in R

For students interested in using R scripts in Power BI, your trainer will demonstrate how we can incorporate these analyses into a Power BI workflow.

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What you’ll learn

In this course, you will: 

  • Assess the predictive accuracy of your classification and regression models

  • Leverage models to make predictions to guide decision-making

  • Incorporate R scripts in your Power BI workflow

  • Generate insights from your data using cluster analysis

  • Create predictive models from your data using random forests

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Course subjects

Introduction 

  • Introduction to machine learning

  • Supervised vs unsupervised learning

  • The machine learning process

Cluster analysis

  • Purpose of cluster analysis

  • Real-world applications

  • K-means

  • How the algorithm works

  •  Data preparation

  • How many clusters?

  • Performing k-means clustering in R

  • Customer segmentation with cluster analysis

Random forests

  • Classification vs regression trees 

  • Basics of tree-based models 

  • The bias-variance trade-off

  • From trees to (random) forests

  • Ensemble learning: bagging to reduce overfitting and improve predictive accuracy

  • The process of supervised machine learning

  • Feature engineering

  • Splitting data into training and test sets

  • Training the model

  • Improving the model

  • Using the model for prediction

  • Evaluating the final model

  • Classification vs regression metrics

  • The process of creating a random forest model

  • Random forests in R 

  • Classification tree and random forest classification model

  • Regression tree and random forest regression model

  • Improving the model

R Scripts in Power BI 

  • Why bring a machine learning model into Power BI?

  • Setting up

  • Cluster analysis in Power BI

  • Random forest models in Power BI

  • R visuals in Power BI


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