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    Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
    EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

    Course Overview

    Practical Machine Learning, available on Coursera, is administered by Johns Hopkins University to expose the students to the realm of machine learning along with a thorough practical training with the help of numerous practical applications. Practical Machine Learning Certification Syllabus developed by industry experts and experienced professors will walk the students through concepts of sets, overfitting, regression, classification trees, Naive Bayes, random forests, and error rates. 

    Practical Machine Learning Certification Course, provided by Coursera, will shed light on numerous topics related to machine learning including algorithms, evaluation, data collection, and feature creation. Practical Machine Learning Certification by Coursera prepared by Jeff Leek, Ph.D., Roger D. Peng, Ph.D., and Brian Caffo, Ph.D. with an emphasis on facilitating the learners to practice the application of machine learning. 

    The Highlights

    • Provided by Coursera
    • Approximately 8 hours of programme
    • Offered by Johns Hopkins University 
    • Flexible Deadlines
    • Self-Paced Learning Option
    • Shareable Certificate
    • Financial Aid Available
    • 100% Online Course

    Programme Offerings

    • English videos with multiple subtitles
    • practice quizzes
    • Graded Assignments with peer feedback
    • graded Quizzes with feedback
    • Graded Programming Assignments
    • Course Videos & Readings
    • EMI payment options
    • 14 day refund period.

    Courses and Certificate Fees

    Certificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
    yesCoursera

    The fees for the course Practical Machine Learning is -

    Fees componentsAmount
    1 monthRs. 1,699
    3 monthRs. 3,499
    6 monthRs. 5,199

     


    Eligibility Criteria

    Certification Qualifying Details

    Only by completing the whole aspects of the proceedings of the programme including the course videos, readings, graded assignments, and quizzes, the candidates can get certified with Practical Machine Learning Certification. 

    What you will learn

    Machine learning

    After the completion of the Practical Machine Learning Training, the students will learn the following concepts in greater depth:

    • Random Forest
    • Machine Learning (ML) Algorithms
    • Machine Learning
    • R Programming

    Who it is for

    This practical course on Machine Learning suits the ones who want to be seen as ML Engineers in the future.


    Admission Details

    Step 1 -First, the students will have to register and sign up on https://www.coursera.org/ to get access to the courses provided by Coursera. 

    Step 2 - After activating the Coursera account, the candidate can sign in.

    Step 3 - Then, the candidate can search the ‘Johns Hopkins University’ in the search column, and then, the programmes provided by the  Johns Hopkins University will be shown on the screen. 

    Step 4 - Then, find the course ‘Practical Machine Learning’ in the list and click on it. 

    Step 5- Then, the page of the course will appear on the screen, and then, click on the option ‘enroll’. The students can enroll either by paying the fee and getting full access to the course or just audit free of cost. 

    The Syllabus

    Videos
    • Prediction motivation
    • What is prediction?
    • Relative importance of steps
    • In and out of sample errors
    • Prediction study design
    • Types of errors
    • Receiver Operating Characteristic
    • Cross-validation
    • What data should you use?
    Readings
    • Welcome to Practical Machine Learning
    • A Note of Explanation
    • Syllabus
    • Pre-Course Survey
    Quiz
    • Quiz 1

    Videos
    • Caret package
    • Data slicing
    • Training options
    • Plotting predictors
    • Basic preprocessing
    • Covariate creation
    • Preprocessing with principal components analysis
    • Predicting with Regression
    • Predicting with Regression Multiple Covariates
    Practice exercises
    • Quiz 2

    Videos
    • Predicting with trees
    • Bagging
    • Random Forests
    • Boosting
    • Model-Based Prediction
    Quiz
    • Quiz 3

    Videos
    • Regularized regression
    • Combining predictors
    • Forecasting
    • Unsupervised Prediction
    Readings
    • Course Project Instructions (READ FIRST)
    • Post-Course Survey
    Quizzes
    • Quiz 4
    • Course Project Prediction Quiz
    Peer Review
    • Prediction Assignment Writeup

    Instructors

    Johns Hopkins Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

    1: In which duration of time the Practical Machine Learning Online Certification can be completed?

    The course can be completed within approximately 8 hours. 

    2: Who are the tutors of the Practical Machine Learning Online Course?

    The course is tutored by Jeff Leek, Ph.D., the Associate Professor of Biostatistics at Bloomberg School of Public Health, Brian Caffo, Ph.D., the Professor of Biostatistics at Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Roger D. Peng, Ph.D., the Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. 

    3: In which languages the subtitles for the course videos are available?

    The subtitles are available in the languages of Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, English and Spanish.  

    4: In which mode the program is provided?

    The course is completely offered in the online mode. 

    5: Which university is offering the programme?

    The programme is offered by Johns Hopkins University. 

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