Master a data skill to boost your productivity
EXPLORE's range of DIGITAL SKILLS are SETA accredited and each offers a unique learning experience over a 6 week period. We’re confident that having nailed one skill, you’ll be back for more - the thrill of learning and applying new knowledge is hard to beat! Each skill is thoughtfully curated to ensure it can be applied in the workplace immediately.
You'll learn theory, tools and technology in a fast-paced and fun online environment, supported by wise and generous tech specialists who delight in learning.
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Prediction DIGITAL SKILL
Join us to learn how to build models to analyse past observations in order to predict outcomes using statistics. We'll investigate a real world case study and predict the outcomes of an election.
Statistics
- Probabilities
Experiments, outcomes and sample space
Discrete vs continuous distributions
Independence in probability
Calculating probabilities
- Hypotheses
T-distributions
Confidence intervals
Null hypothesis vs alternative hypothesis
Significance levels
One-tailed and two-tailed tests
Classification Algorithms
- Data Preparation for Modelling
Define features and labels
Train/test split
Encoding categorical features
Standardising features
- Modelling and Selection
Logistic regression concepts
Confusion matrices and classification reports
Parameter optimisation
Over/under sampling
Explore values curiosity: Did you know?
