Welcome to this 2 hour long project-based course on Principal Component Analysis with NumPy and Python. In this project, you will do all the machine learning without using any of the popular machine learning libraries such as scikit-learn and statsmodels. The aim of this project and is to implement all the machinery of the various learning algorithms yourself, so you have a deeper understanding of the fundamentals. By the time you complete this project, you will be able to implement and apply PCA from scratch using NumPy in Python, conduct basic exploratory data analysis, and create simple data visualizations with Seaborn and Matplotlib. The prerequisites for this project are prior programming experience in Python and a basic understanding of machine learning theory.
This course runs on Coursera's hands-on project platform called Rhyme. On Rhyme, you do projects in a hands-on manner in your browser. You will get instant access to pre-configured cloud desktops containing all of the software and data you need for the project. Everything is already set up directly in your internet browser so you can just focus on learning. For this project, you’ll get instant access to a cloud desktop with Python, Jupyter, NumPy, and Seaborn pre-installed.
Status: Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library)
Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library)
Status: Data Visualization
Data Visualization
Intermediate·Guided Project·2 hours
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5.0
·Reviewed Apr 24, 2020
Learned Applying PCAConcise course.Liked the method of teaching.
4.0
·Reviewed May 8, 2020
Excellence experiece, good content for begineers, thanx coursera.
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 8, 2020
This is a great project. The instructor facilitates clear and practically.
5.0
·Reviewed Nov 3, 2020
It's clear for the new learner to follow up. Thank you.
4.0
·Reviewed May 31, 2020
Course is amazing, got many concepts clear, learned a lot. Would also be great if more than one datasets are taken as excercise.
4.0
·Reviewed Aug 4, 2020
It's a good course for someone to try out his knowledge of the basic packages and the concepts and the maths behind PCA.
4.0
·Reviewed May 31, 2020
It was quite conceptional but the instructor made it easy for me to implement and follow along.
5.0
·Reviewed Oct 30, 2020
Good Introductory project to gain insights into PCA using Numpy and python.
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 17, 2020
Instructor is amazing, explains the things very well
5.0
·Reviewed Jul 25, 2020
Good Exercise to practice and understand a little better.
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Rishit
4.0
·Reviewed Jun 1, 2020
Some places the code used could have been simplified to be easier for the learner to understand. For example: (eigen_vectors.T[:][:])[:2].T was used in the course video but it can be replaced by eigen_vectors[:, :2]. The second one which I used is much simpler and cleaner to understand.
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Pranav
3.0
·Reviewed Jun 19, 2020
Did not focus on the mathematics part of PCA. The explanation could have been better and easy to understand.
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Karina
5.0
·Reviewed Sep 10, 2020
Muy buena explicación para cada uno de los aspectos del PCA.
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Jorge
3.0
·Reviewed Feb 25, 2021
I do not recommend taking this type of course, take one and pass it, however after a few days I have tried to review the material, and my surprise is that it asks me to pay again to be able to review the material. Of course coursera gives me a small discount for having already paid it previously.
It is very easy to download the videos and difficult to get hold of the material, but with ingenuity it is possible. Then I recommend uploading them to YouTube and keeping them private for when they want to consult (they avoid legal problems and can share with friends), then they can request a refund.
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Mohinder
3.0
·Reviewed Jun 3, 2020
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