Overview
Explore decision trees and their training process through a friendly 22-minute video introduction. Learn how to build a decision tree using a simple example, understand concepts like data splitting, and discover techniques to prevent overfitting. Dive into related topics such as the Gini index, entropy, information gain, and machine learning metrics with helpful supplementary videos. Access an accompanying blog post for further insights and take advantage of a discount on the "Grokking Machine Learning" book to deepen your understanding of machine learning concepts.
Syllabus
Intro
Should I wear a jacket?
Recommendation systems
Splitting by gender
Splitting by age
Building the tree
What about continuous values?
In general
Problem: Overfitting
When to stop splitting a node?
Do we have to use accuracy to build the tree?
Thank you!
Taught by
Serrano.Academy