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.·3 min read·Jul 10, 2021----
Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceStructured natural language processing with Pandas and spaCy·6 min read·May 19, 2021--1--1
Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceTail events, why they matter and how to model themHow to model the unexpected and unlikely the Bayesian way.·6 min read·May 15, 2021--1--1
Conor MackinTowards Data ScienceFantastic features and where to find themFinding fantastic features is both an art and a science.·7 min read·Apr 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?·2 min read·Apr 23, 2021--14--14
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.·6 min read·Apr 22, 2021--13--13
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.·7 min read·Apr 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…·2 min read·Apr 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.·7 min read·Apr 11, 2021--1--1
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…·4 min read·Apr 4, 2021--2--2