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A Very Basic Sci-Kit Learn Tutorial
Sci-Kit Learn is another very useful tool to have in your arsenal of machine learning tool box. Sci-Kit learn can be used in a couple of different languages including Python, C & C++, this tutorial we’ll use Python but the methodology is roughly the same. If you are completely new to machine learning I would highly recommend reading this article that gives you a brief understanding of what machine learning / the value it holds. As always, this is a very basic introduction, this should not be the only tutorial you read about Sci-Kit Learn, however, this should be a great place to start. Also, i’m assuming you know pretty basic programming methodologies.
Sci-Kit Learn Vs. other ML packages
Before we start coding we must realize the advantages and disadvantages of using Sci-Kit Learn Vs other ML packages like TensorFlow or PyTorch. One of the main advantages of Sci-Kit learn is the amount of features within this package, other packages may not have as many features (aka “off the shelf” algorithms) as Sci-Kit Learn, so as stated before, this package is a very useful package to learn. Also, to be completely honest with you, many of the jobs that i’ve applied to throughout the last few years actually required Sci-Kit learn as a prerequisite, so definitely worthwhile to know.
