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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mid-level data scientist
Exam Topics & Skills Assessed
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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
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