Week 3 Info: The Linear Model
Week 3 has arrived! During this week we are going to take a fresh look at a familiar model, the linear model (aka linear regression). You may be surprised to learn that despite its simplicity, linear regression is far and away the most commonly deployed type of machine learning model. Because you have studied this model before in a variety of different classes, this week we will cover linear regression with an eye towards two distinct perspectives: how to use it for causal inference versus how to use it to make accurate predictions. We will revisit the causal inference topic later in the course.
You can read more about the plan for the week and the reading/resources in Module 3.
There will be one coding video tutorial published on the statsmodels package.
Lab 2 is due next Sunday at midnight.