Predictive modeling in finance uses historical data to forecast future trends and outcomes. R, a powerful statistical programming language, provides a robust set of tools and libraries for financial analysis and modeling. This article explores the key techniques and packages in R that are commonly used for predictive modeling in finance. We’ll cover time series […]
From Developer to Machine Learning Practitioner in 14 Days In this mini-course you will discover how you can get started, build accurate models and confidently complete predictive modeling machine learning projects using R in 14 days. This is a big and important post. You might want to bookmark it. Let’s get started. Who Is This […]
How do you get started with machine learning in R? R is a large and complex platform. It is also the most popular platform for the best data scientists in the world. In this post you will discover the step-by-step process that you can use to get started using machine learning for predictive modeling on […]
What metrics can you use to evaluate your machine learning algorithms? In this post you will discover how you can evaluate your machine learning algorithms in R using a number of standard evaluation metrics. Let’s get started. Model Evaluation Metrics in R There are many different metrics that you can use to evaluate your machine […]
How do you compare the estimated accuracy of different machine learning algorithms effectively? In this post you will discover 8 techniques that you can use to compare machine learning algorithms in R. You can use these techniques to choose the most accurate model, and be able to comment on the statistical significance and the absolute […]
How do you get started with machine learning in R? In this post you will discover the book Machine Learning with R by Brett Lantz that has the goal of telling you exactly how to get started practicing machine learning in R. We cover the audience for the book, a nice deep breakdown of the […]
Applied machine learning is an empirical skill. You cannot get better at it by reading books and blog posts. You have to practice. In this post, you will discover the simple 6-step machine learning project template that you can use to jump-start your project in R. Let’s get started. Practice Machine Learning With End-to-End Projects […]
Finding an accurate machine learning is not the end of the project. In this post you will discover how to finalize your machine learning model in R including: making predictions on unseen data, re-building the model from scratch and saving your model for later use. Let’s get started. Finalize Your Machine Learning Model Once you have an accurate model […]
Preparing data is required to get the best results from machine learning algorithms. In this post you will discover how to transform your data in order to best expose its structure to machine learning algorithms in R using the caret package. You will work through 8 popular and powerful data transforms with recipes that you can […]
Spot checking machine learning algorithms is how you find the best algorithm for your dataset. But what algorithms should you spot check? In this post you discover the 8 machine learning algorithms you should spot check on your data. You also get recipes of each algorithm that you can copy and paste into your current or […]
