Skill Path

Feature Engineering

Machine learning is only as good as its training data. Learn how to process data properly before training your models.

Includes Python, Machine Learning, Algorithms, Datasets, Feature Selection, Dimensionality Reduction, Engineering, Data Transformation, and more.

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  • Skill level

    Intermediate
  • Time to complete

    40 hours
  • Certificate of completion

    Yes
  • Prerequisites

    3 courses

About this skill path

A machine learning model is only as good as the data it learns from. Feature Engineering helps ensure data quality by scaling, normalizing, and transforming raw data before using it in a machine learning model. In this Skill Path, you will learn to safeguard data quality, turn attributes into features, and verify that your data meets the assumptions of the model you want to train.

Skills you'll gain

  • Turn raw data into features
  • Select the right features for a model
  • Implement principal component analysis

Syllabus

4 units • 4 lessons • 4 projects • 3 quizzes
  • 1

    Introduction to Feature Engineering

    Find out what you’ll learn in the feature engineering skill path!

  • 2

    Transforming Data into Features

    Learn about different methods of transforming data into features.

  • 3

    Feature Selection Methods

    Learn about different feature selection methods and their implementations in Python!

  • 4

    Feature Engineering by Reducing Dimensionality

    Learn feature engineering methods that reduce the dimensionality of a dataset.

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