by Saneesh V | Aug 1, 2018 | Analytics, R
What is Hierarchical Clustering? Clustering is a technique to club similar data points into one group and separate out dissimilar observations into different groups or clusters. In Hierarchical Clustering, clusters are created such that they have a predetermined...
by Saneesh V | Jul 30, 2018 | Analytics, R
The Best Algorithms are the Simplest The field of data science has progressed from simple linear regression models to complex ensembling techniques but the most preferred models are still the simplest and most interpretable. Among them are regression, logistic, trees...
by Saneesh V | Jul 29, 2018 | Analytics, R
Introduction to Looping system Imagine you were to perform a simple task, let’s say calculating sum of columns for 3X3 matrix, what do you think is the best way? Calculating it directly using traditional methods such as calculator or even pen and paper doesn’t sound...
by Saneesh V | Jul 28, 2018 | Analytics, R
Another way of analysis? When there are so many tools and techniques of prediction modelling, why do we have another field known as survival analysis? As one of the most popular branch of statistics, Survival analysis is a way of prediction at various points in time....
by Saneesh V | Jul 27, 2018 | Analytics, R
Discriminant analysis is used when the variable to be predicted is categorical in nature. This analysis requires that the way to define data points to the respective categories is known which makes it different from cluster analysis where the classification criteria...
by Saneesh V | Jul 25, 2018 | Analytics, R
The World of Anomalies Imagine you are a credit card selling company and you know about a particular customer who makes a purchase of 25$ every week. You guessed this purchase is his fixed weekly rations but one day, this customer makes a different purchase of 700$....
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