Project-Based Learning in Data Science
Use projects to deepen your knowledge in data science
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INTRODUCTION
Project-based learning is an effective approach for mastering data science concepts. Data Science is a multi-disciplinary field that requires a good understanding of mathematics, statistics and probability, and programming. For individuals who already have some background in mathematics and programming, the transition to data science can be seamless if the project-based learning approach is implemented.
In project-based learning, you learn by working on hands-on data science projects. To illustrate the project-based learning approach, let us assume the project is to build a machine learning algorithm for classifying a binary target variable. We will…