Free Practice Questions for Scikit-learn Associate Practitioner Certification Certification

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    Key information about Scikit-learn Associate Practitioner Certification

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    Exam Topics & Skills Assessed

    Skills measured (from the official study guide)

    Domain 1: Machine learning concepts

    Subdomain 1.1: Types of ML, supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised

    Types of ML, supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised

    Subdomain 1.2: Model families, tree-based, linear, ensemble, neighbors

    Model families, tree-based, linear, ensemble, neighbors

    Subdomain 1.3: Key concepts, features, labels, training and test sets

    Key concepts, features, labels, training and test sets

    Subdomain 1.4: Overfitting and underfitting

    Overfitting and underfitting

    Subdomain 1.5: The bias / variance trade-off

    The bias / variance trade-off

    Domain 2: Model building and evaluation

    Subdomain 2.1: Splitting datasets with train_test_split

    Splitting datasets with train_test_split

    Subdomain 2.2: Training models with fit()

    Training models with fit()

    Subdomain 2.3: Predicting with predict()

    Predicting with predict()

    Subdomain 2.4: Evaluating with accuracy, precision, recall, F1, MSE, R squared

    Evaluating with accuracy, precision, recall, F1, MSE, R squared

    Subdomain 2.5: Interpreting score against a dummy baseline

    Interpreting score against a dummy baseline

    Domain 3: Interpretation and communication

    Subdomain 3.1: Visualizing results with matplotlib and seaborn

    Visualizing results with matplotlib and seaborn

    Subdomain 3.2: Reading a confusion matrix and an ROC curve

    Reading a confusion matrix and an ROC curve

    Subdomain 3.3: Explaining performance to non-technical stakeholders

    Explaining performance to non-technical stakeholders

    Subdomain 3.4: Reporting uncertainty without hand-waving

    Reporting uncertainty without hand-waving

    Domain 4: Data preprocessing

    Subdomain 4.1: Loading parquet datasets

    Loading parquet datasets

    Subdomain 4.2: Scatterplots and boxplots for first look

    Scatterplots and boxplots for first look

    Subdomain 4.3: Spotting wrongly-encoded columns (float as string, etc.)

    Spotting wrongly-encoded columns (float as string, etc.)

    Subdomain 4.4: Imputation with SimpleImputer

    Imputation with SimpleImputer

    Subdomain 4.5: Feature scaling, StandardScaler, MinMaxScaler

    Feature scaling, StandardScaler, MinMaxScaler

    Subdomain 4.6: Encoding with OrdinalEncoder, OneHotEncoder

    Encoding with OrdinalEncoder, OneHotEncoder

    Subdomain 4.7: Combining steps with ColumnTransformer

    Combining steps with ColumnTransformer

    Domain 5: Model selection and validation

    Subdomain 5.1: Cross-validation, KFold, ShuffleSplit, and friends

    Cross-validation, KFold, ShuffleSplit, and friends

    Subdomain 5.2: Reading learning and validation curves

    Reading learning and validation curves

    Subdomain 5.3: Hyperparameter tuning with GridSearchCV, RandomSearchCV

    Hyperparameter tuning with GridSearchCV, RandomSearchCV

    Subdomain 5.4: Stability of learned coefficients across splits

    Stability of learned coefficients across splits

    Techniques & products

    scikit-learn
    Pandas
    NumPy
    matplotlib
    seaborn
    SimpleImputer
    StandardScaler
    MinMaxScaler
    OrdinalEncoder
    OneHotEncoder
    ColumnTransformer
    KFold
    ShuffleSplit
    GridSearchCV
    RandomSearchCV
    parquet datasets
    Supervised learning
    Unsupervised learning
    Semi-supervised learning
    Tree-based models
    Linear models
    Ensemble models
    Neighbors models
    features
    labels
    training sets
    test sets
    Model overfitting
    Model underfitting
    Bias/variance trade-off
    train_test_split
    fit() method
    predict() method
    accuracy
    precision
    recall
    F1 score
    confusion matrix
    mean squared error
    R-squared
    Dummy models
    Plotting techniques
    Communicating model outputs
    Interpreting performance metrics
    Identifying wrongly encoded columns
    Handling missing values
    Feature scaling
    Categorical data encoding
    Combining preprocessing steps
    Cross-validation
    Learning curves
    Validation curves
    Hyperparameter tuning
    Coefficient stability analysis

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