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Optimizing Decision Trees: How to Calculate Splits with Gini Impurity

Optimizing Decision Trees: How to Calculate Splits with Gini Impurity

Gini impurity quantifies the uncertainty in a data set by measuring the probability of incorrectly...

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The Basics of the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) Algorithm

The Basics of the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) Algorithm

The K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm stands out from other supervised learning algorithms due to its...

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Calculating Principal Component Analysis (PCA): A Step-by-Step Guide

Calculating Principal Component Analysis (PCA): A Step-by-Step Guide

Large datasets, like those with over 100 features can be a large problem particularly in...

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EDA vs Data Preprocessing: What's the Difference?

EDA vs Data Preprocessing: What's the Difference?

Both Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and data preprocessing play important roles in the data cleaning...

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Elbow Method vs Silhouette Method: Which is Better for Finding Optimal K?

Elbow Method vs Silhouette Method: Which is Better for Finding Optimal K?

The Elbow and Silhouette Methods are popular methods used for finding the value of \(K\)...

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