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ML: Build, Train, Justify Models gives learners a practical, end-to-end experience in turning real business problems into well-framed machine learning tasks, training multiple model families, and justifying model choices using bias–variance reasoning. Through short videos, hands-on exercises, and a Coursera Lab environment, learners practice reading product specifications, identifying the correct ML task, and building reproducible modeling workflows with APIs and experiment tracking. They train logistic regression, random forest, and gradient boosting models on tabular data, compare model behavior across repeated splits, and learn how to write clear, evidence-based recommendations. By the end, learners can confidently map business needs to ML tasks, train and evaluate diverse algorithms, and select models based on stability, interpretability, and performance rather than guesswork.
ML: Build, Train, Justify Models gives learners a practical, end-to-end experience in turning real business problems into well-framed machine learning tasks, training multiple model families, and justifying model choices using bias–variance reasoning. Through short videos, hands-on exercises, and a Coursera Lab environment, learners practice reading product specifications, identifying the correct ML task, and building reproducible modeling workflows with APIs and experiment tracking. They train logistic regression, random forest, and gradient boosting models on tabular data, compare model behavior across repeated splits, and learn how to write clear, evidence-based recommendations. By the end, learners can confidently map business needs to ML tasks, train and evaluate diverse algorithms, and select models based on stability, interpretability, and performance rather than guesswork.
What's included
8 videos4 readings4 assignments1 ungraded lab
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8 videos•Total 38 minutes
Welcome and Introduction•3 minutes
How to Read a Product Spec Through an ML Lens•4 minutes
ML Task Families Explained Simply•4 minutes
Training Models Using Consistent APIs•5 minutes
Demo: Train Logistic Regression, Random Forest, and Linear SVM•10 minutes
Understanding the Bias–Variance Trade-Off•5 minutes
Demo: Compare Random Forest vs. Gradient Boosting Across Splits•3 minutes
Congratulations and Continuous Learning Journey•4 minutes
4 readings•Total 25 minutes
From Business Problem to ML Task: A Framing Guide•6 minutes
Why Machine Learning Projects Fail — and How to Make Sure They Don’t•6 minutes
Data Leakage•6 minutes
Single estimator versus bagging: bias-variance decomposition•7 minutes
4 assignments•Total 67 minutes
Hands-On Activity: Frame the ML Task for a Factory Productivity Monitoring Feature•20 minutes
Hands-On Activity: Exploring Multiple ML Models for Worker Productivity with a Consistent Workflow •20 minutes
Practice Quiz: Model Training Patterns and Evaluation•7 minutes
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