Detailed Course Outline
1: Introduction to predicting continuous targets• List three modeling objectives• List two business questions that involve predicting continuous targets• Explain the concept of field measurement level and its implications for selecting a modeling technique• List three types of models to predict continuous targets• Determine the classification model to use2: Building decision trees interactively• Explain how CHAID grows a tree• Explain how C&R Tree grows a tree• Build CHAID and C&R Tree models interactively• Evaluate models for continuous targets• Use the model nugget to score records3: Building your tree directly• Explain the difference between CHAID and Exhaustive CHAID• Explain boosting and bagging• Identify how C&R Tree prunes decision trees• List two differences between CHAID and C&R Tree4: Using traditional statistical models• Explain key concepts for Linear• Customize options in the Linear node• Explain key concepts for Cox• Customize options in the Cox node5: Using machine learning models• Explain key concepts for Neural Net• Customize one option in the Neural Net node