Introduction to ML

Due date:

8/15/23

Assignment

Questions

1. How would you define machine learning based on the concepts discussed in the video?

2. What are some real-world applications of machine learning mentioned in the video? How do they impact our daily lives?

3. The video introduces supervised and unsupervised learning. Can you provide examples of each and explain the differences between them?

4. According to the video, what are some key steps involved in the machine learning process? How do these steps contribute to the development of accurate models?

5. What are the advantages and limitations of using machine learning algorithms compared to traditional rule-based approaches?

6. The video briefly touches on overfitting and underfitting. Can you explain what these terms mean and how they relate to model performance?

7. In the video, the presenter discusses the importance of feature engineering. Can you provide examples of feature engineering techniques and explain why they are significant in machine learning?

8. How do decision trees work, and what advantages do they offer in terms of interpretability and handling both categorical and numerical data?

9. The video mentions the concept of ensemble learning. What is ensemble learning, and what are some popular ensemble techniques mentioned in the video?

10. Lastly, the video introduces the concept of evaluation metrics. What are some commonly used evaluation metrics for classification and regression tasks, and how are they interpreted?