#Classification

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ROC Curves and AUC, Explained

Your classifier spits out a number between 0 and 1. To turn that into a yes/no answer, you pick a threshold — say, 0.5 — …

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Naive Bayes, Explained

There is a machine learning algorithm that makes an assumption so wrong it has the word “naive” baked right …

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Support Vector Machines (SVM), Explained

Picture two rival schools of fish drifting on either side of an invisible line, and your job is to draw the fence …