The objective of this project is to predict whether a patient has kyphosis or not, based on given features and diagnostic measurements such as age and number of vertebrae. Kyphosis is an abnormally excessive convex curvature of the spine. This guided project is practical and directly applicable to the healthcare industry. You can add this project to your portfolio of projects which is essential for your next job interview.



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What you'll learn
- Understand the theory and intuition behind decision trees and random forest classifier models 
- Build, train and test a decision tree and random forest classifier models in Sklearn 
- Perform data cleaning, feature engineering and visualization 
Skills you'll practice
- Data Processing
- Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library)
- Predictive Modeling
- Data Science
- Decision Tree Learning
- Feature Engineering
- Data Visualization Software
- Python Programming
- Data Cleansing
- Predictive Analytics
- Data Manipulation
- Applied Machine Learning
- Data Transformation
- Classification And Regression Tree (CART)
- Machine Learning
- Random Forest Algorithm
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In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
- Understand the Problem Statement and Business Case 
- Import Libraries and Datasets 
- Practice Opportunity #1 [Optional] 
- Perform Data Visualization 
- Practice Opportunity #2 [Optional] 
- Create Training and Testing Datasets 
- Train a Logistic Regression Classifier Model 
- Evaluate Trained Model Performance 
- Understand the theory of Decision Trees and Random Forest 
- Improve the Model 
- Practice Opportunity #3 [Optional] 
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python programming and basic math background
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- Skill-based, hands-on learning - Practice new skills by completing job-related tasks. 
- Expert guidance - Follow along with pre-recorded videos from experts using a unique side-by-side interface. 
- No downloads or installation required - Access the tools and resources you need in a pre-configured cloud workspace. 
- Available only on desktop - This Guided Project is designed for laptops or desktop computers with a reliable Internet connection, not mobile devices. 
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Reviewed on Oct 7, 2022
Many codes were already written. I preferred to see the instructor's keystrokes and type the codes myself.
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