Predictive Analytics for Business

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Length: 1 Week

Type: Online

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Course Outline

5 days course

Introduction to Predictive Analytics for Business

  • Overview of predictive analytics and its applications in the business world
  • Exploring the different types of predictive models
  • Understanding the data requirements and data sources for predictive analytics
  • Discussing the key steps involved in building a predictive model

 

Data Preparation and Feature Engineering

  • Understanding the importance of data quality in predictive modelling
  • Exploring different techniques for data cleaning and feature engineering
  • Handling missing values, outliers, and imbalanced data
  • Feature selection techniques and methods for creating new features

Supervised Learning Techniques

  • Introduction to supervised learning algorithms such as linear regression, logistic regression, decision trees, and random forests
  • Understanding the assumptions and limitations of each algorithm
  • Evaluating the performance of the models using metrics such as accuracy, precision, and recall
  • Tuning the models to improve their performance

Unsupervised Learning Techniques

  • Introduction to unsupervised learning algorithms such as clustering, dimensionality reduction, and association rules
  • Understanding the assumptions and limitations of each algorithm
  • Evaluating the performance of the models using metrics such as silhouette score, inertia, and lift
  • Applying unsupervised learning to business problems such as customer segmentation and market basket analysis

 

Advanced Topics in Predictive Analytics for Business

  • Feature scaling and normalization techniques
  • Ensemble methods such as bagging, boosting, and stacking
  • Introduction to deep learning algorithms for predictive analytics
  • Deploying predictive models in a business setting

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