As data scientists, we need to be mindful of this bias when we present findings. Often, variables that might seem causal might not be on closer inspection. We should also take special care to avoid this type of mistake when creating variables of our models. At each step of the process, ...
G In the 20th century, one of the states of America had a large section of farmland that had turned into desert. Since then, actions have been enforced so that such a phenomenon of desertification will not happen again.To avoid the reoccurence of desertification, people are encouraged to ...
Despite all that’s been done to improve doctoral study, horror stories keep coming. Here three students relate PhD nightmares while two academics advise on how ensure a successful supervision
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1To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman genius is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all error, but from silly error. 要避免人们常常产生的各种愚蠢的观点,并不需要过人的天赋。立几条简单的规则就可以使得你避免荒唐的错误,虽然不能避免一...
The last factor is that it’s very difficult in science to tell someone that they have made a mistake. There is an absence of polite discussion and there’s no system that allows us to point out errors in papers. It’s too late once a paper is published and researchers don’t w...
appeared first on Data Science Tutorials How to Avoid Overfitting?, Overfitting is a frequent error committed by Data Scientists. Your many hours of coding may be wasted if this happens. Your model’s outputs could be inaccurate, which would complicate the decision-making process even more. Let...
Many matters, however, are less easily brought to the test of experience. If, like most of mankind, you have passionate convictions on many such matters, there are ways in which you can make yourself aware of your own bias. If an opinion contrary t...
The longest-running study of genius kids reveals what it takes to be highly successful Here’s how millennials feel about the next generation entering the workforce Study finds you’re less likely to get hired if you’re overweight. Here’s how to avoid this bias ...
Solution - How to avoid data leakage In my opinion, as a general rule of thumb, if your results are extremely good—say greater than around 90% for various metrics—you may want to suspect data leakage. At the very beginning, split your data into the sets you’ll need in the project:...