Free Practice Questions for Scikit-learn Professional Practitioner Certification Certification

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    Key information about Scikit-learn Professional Practitioner Certification

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    Professional

    target audience:

    mid-level data scientist

    Exam Topics & Skills Assessed

    Skills measured (from the official study guide)

    Domain 1: Machine Learning Concepts

    Subdomain 1.1: Supervised and unsupervised, regression, classification, clustering, dimensional reduction

    Supervised and unsupervised, regression, classification, clustering, dimensional reduction

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

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

    Subdomain 1.3: Regularization: L1, L2, Elasticnet

    Regularization: L1, L2, Elasticnet

    Subdomain 1.4: Hard and soft predictions, predict vs predict_proba

    Hard and soft predictions, predict vs predict_proba

    Subdomain 1.5: Overfitting and underfitting, impact on soft predictions

    Overfitting and underfitting, impact on soft predictions

    Domain 2: Model Building and Evaluation

    Subdomain 2.1: Linear models as baselines

    Linear models as baselines

    Subdomain 2.2: Handling correlation with regularization and feature selection

    Handling correlation with regularization and feature selection

    Subdomain 2.3: Bagging and boosting, the working ensemble methods

    Bagging and boosting, the working ensemble methods

    Subdomain 2.4: Choosing metrics for outliers and imbalanced settings

    Choosing metrics for outliers and imbalanced settings

    Domain 3: Interpretation and Communication

    Subdomain 3.1: Visualizing results with intermediate matplotlib and seaborn techniques

    Visualizing results with intermediate matplotlib and seaborn techniques

    Subdomain 3.2: Interpreting model outputs and performance metrics

    Interpreting model outputs and performance metrics

    Subdomain 3.3: Communicating results to non-technical stakeholders

    Communicating results to non-technical stakeholders

    Domain 4: Data Preprocessing

    Subdomain 4.1: Loading parquet datasets

    Loading parquet datasets

    Subdomain 4.2: Heatmaps and PCA for first look

    Heatmaps and PCA for first look

    Subdomain 4.3: Identifying strongly correlated features

    Identifying strongly correlated features

    Subdomain 4.4: Missing values in the target via label propagation

    Missing values in the target via label propagation

    Subdomain 4.5: Feature engineering with PolynomialFeatures, SplineTransformer

    Feature engineering with PolynomialFeatures, SplineTransformer

    Subdomain 4.6: Combining features with FeatureUnion

    Combining features with FeatureUnion

    Domain 5: Model Selection and Validation

    Subdomain 5.1: Cross-validation with group structure and non i.i.d. data

    Cross-validation with group structure and non i.i.d. data

    Subdomain 5.2: Hyperparameter tuning: GridSearchCV, RandomSearchCV

    Hyperparameter tuning: GridSearchCV, RandomSearchCV

    Subdomain 5.3: Stability of optimal hyperparameters via nested cross-validation

    Stability of optimal hyperparameters via nested cross-validation

    Techniques & products

    scikit-learn
    regression
    classification
    clustering
    dimensional reduction
    tree-based models
    linear models
    ensemble models
    neighbors models
    L1 regularization
    L2 regularization
    Elasticnet
    predict
    predict_proba
    overfitting
    underfitting
    bagging
    boosting
    metrics
    outliers
    imbalanced settings
    matplotlib
    seaborn
    parquet
    heatmaps
    PCA
    label propagation
    PolynomialFeatures
    SplineTransformer
    FeatureUnion
    cross-validation
    GridSearchCV
    RandomSearchCV
    nested cross validation

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