Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceWhy Bagging WorksBagging is most commonly associated with Random Forest models, but the underlying idea is more general and can be applied to any model.Jul 10, 2021Jul 10, 2021
Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceStructured natural language processing with Pandas and spaCyMay 19, 20211May 19, 20211
Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceTail events, why they matter and how to model themHow to model the unexpected and unlikely the Bayesian way.May 15, 20211May 15, 20211
Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceFantastic features and where to find themFinding fantastic features is both an art and a science.Apr 24, 2021Apr 24, 2021
Conor MackHow much is 100 views worth on Medium?Internal views on a post will enable the author to make some money — but, how much is a view worth?Apr 23, 202114Apr 23, 202114
Conor MackEarnings on Medium: a statistical analysis (or, how much I didn’t earn with 200K+ views)My most popular post accumulated 210K views and 95K hours of member reading time. Awesome. In total, I have earned $3.33. Not so awesome.Apr 22, 202114Apr 22, 202114
Conor MackinAnalytics VidhyaHow to optimize a webpage for clickthrough with simple Python codeChoosing the best layout, imagery and text to present to users on your webpage is hard. But, it doesn’t have to be.Apr 14, 2021Apr 14, 2021
Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceHow to create custom scikit-learn classification and regression modelsScikit learn is *the* go to package for standard machine learning models in Python. It not only provides most of the core algorithms that…Apr 13, 2021Apr 13, 2021
Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceLesser known data science techniques you should add to your toolkitBeing an effective data scientist often means being able to identify the right solution for a particular problem.Apr 11, 20211Apr 11, 20211
Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceHow to use Pytorch as a general optimizerPytorch is really fun to work with and if you are looking for a framework to get started with neural networks I highly recommend it — see…Apr 4, 20212Apr 4, 20212
