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Exploring parameter space

Practice Quiz • 20 min

Welcome to this course

PRACTICE QUIZ • 20 MIN
Video: Introduction: Solving

Exploring parameter space parameter

Exploring
data science challenges with
mathematics
2 min 8
space
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Reading: About Imperial

College & the team
1. In this exercise, we shall see how it is often convenient to use vectors in 2 points
5 min
machine learning. These could be in the form of data itself, or model
parameters,
Reading: Howand so on.
to be
successful in this course
The purpose of this exercise is to set the scene for Linear Algebra and the rest
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of the maths we will cover in the specialization. If this
Submit your is confusing right now -
assignment
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stick with us! We'll build up your skills throughout the rest of the course. For
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this reason we've set a low pass mark for this quiz, but even if you don't pass in
one go, reading
Reading: the feedback from a wrong answer can often give more insight
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than guessing
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references TO PASS 40% or higher
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Discussion Prompt: Nice to Grade
The problem we shall focus on in this exercise is the distribution of heights in a
meet you! —
population.
15 min

If we do a survey
Complete our shortof the heights of people in a population, we may get a
pre-
distribution
course surveylike this:
15 min

The relationship between

machine learning, linear
algebra, and vectors and
matrices

Video: Motivations for linear

algebra
3 min

Video: Getting a handle on

vectors
9 min

Practice Quiz: Exploring

parameter space
7 questions

Practice Quiz: Solving some

simultaneous equations
5 questions

Vectors
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