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Valentina Alto Valentina Alto
Updated on February 14, 2023

Understanding Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Regression

Linear regression is employed in supervised machine learning tasks. OLS regression can be used to obtain a straight line as close as possible to your data points.

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Raivat Shah Raivat Shah
Updated on February 10, 2023

Introduction to Priority Queues in Python

A priority queue in Python is an abstract data structure that is like a normal queue but where each item has a special “key” to quantify its “priority.”

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Akshay Kumar Akshay Kumar
Updated on February 10, 2023

Base64 Encoding: What Is It? How Does It Work?

Base64 is a binary to a text encoding scheme that represents binary data in an ASCII string format — essential for carrying data stored in binary across channels.

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Kaycee Lai Kaycee Lai
Updated on February 09, 2023

What Is a Data Lake? Is It Right for Your Company?

A few questions to help determine if it’s the data architecture you really need.

KSV Muralidhar KSV Muralidhar
Updated on February 08, 2023

Demystifying R-Squared and Adjusted R-Squared

Adjusted R-squared is a reliable measure of goodness of fit for multiple regression problems. Discover the math behind it and how it differs from R-squared.

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Don White Don White
Updated on February 08, 2023

How Artificial Intelligence Can Enhance the Super Bowl

AI can help fans of the future plan their experience and get more out of it.

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Artturi Jalli Artturi Jalli
Updated on February 07, 2023

What Is XML?

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a markup language that stores and transports data online. Here’s why and how we use XML.

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Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on February 06, 2023

What Is Extrapolation?

Extrapolation is a statistical technique used in data science to estimate values of data points beyond the range of the known values in the data set.

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Chris Dowsett Chris Dowsett
Updated on February 03, 2023

What Is MongoDB?

MongoDB is an open-source, document-oriented NoSQL database designed to handle large amounts of data and provide fast performance.

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Giorgos Myrianthous Giorgos Myrianthous
Updated on February 01, 2023

What Is a Data Set?

Data sets are the basis for many of the techniques performed in data science and machine learning. Here, our expert explains what you need to know.

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