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Published inSep 2018
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Alvaro Fuentes
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Alvaro Fuentes

Alvaro Fuentes is a senior data scientist with a background in applied mathematics and economics. He has more than 14 years of experience in various analytical roles and is an analytics consultant at one of the ‘Big Three' global management consulting firms, leading advanced analytics projects in different industries like banking, technology, and consumer goods. Alvaro is also an author and trainer in analytics and data science and has published courses and books, such as 'Become a Python Data Analyst' and 'Hands-On Predictive Analytics with Python'. He has also taught data science and related topics to thousands of students both on-site and online through different platforms such as Springboard, Simplilearn, Udemy, and BSG Institute, among others.
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Reducible and irreducible error

Before moving on, there are two really important concepts to be covered for predictive analytics. Errors can be divided into the following two types:

  • Reducible errors: These errors can be reduced by making certain improvements to the model
  • Irreducible errors: These errors cannot be reduced at all

Let's assume that, in machine learning, there is a relationship between features and target that is represented with a function, as shown in the following screenshot:

Let’s assume that the target (y) is the underlying supposition of machine learning, and the relationship between the features and the target is given by a function. Since, in most cases we consider that there is some randomness in the relationship between features and target, we add a noise term here, which will always be present in reality. This is the underlying supposition...

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Alvaro Fuentes

Alvaro Fuentes is a senior data scientist with a background in applied mathematics and economics. He has more than 14 years of experience in various analytical roles and is an analytics consultant at one of the ‘Big Three' global management consulting firms, leading advanced analytics projects in different industries like banking, technology, and consumer goods. Alvaro is also an author and trainer in analytics and data science and has published courses and books, such as 'Become a Python Data Analyst' and 'Hands-On Predictive Analytics with Python'. He has also taught data science and related topics to thousands of students both on-site and online through different platforms such as Springboard, Simplilearn, Udemy, and BSG Institute, among others.
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