
Module 1: Introduction to Machine Learning
Overview of ML concepts and types (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning)
Key terminology: features, labels, training/testing data, overfitting, bias-variance trade-off
Real-world applications of ML
Module 2: Setting Up Python for ML
Installing Anaconda and Jupyter Notebook
Introduction to Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, and Seaborn
Basic data import and exploratory data analysis (EDA)
Module 3: Data Preprocessing and Feature Engineering
Handling missing data and categorical features
Data normalization and scaling techniques
Feature selection and extraction
Train-test split and cross-validation
Module 4: Supervised Learning Algorithms
Implementing Linear Regression and Logistic Regression
Applying k-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN), Decision Trees, Random Forests
Evaluating models using accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and ROC-AUC metrics
Module 5: Unsupervised Learning Algorithms
Performing K-Means Clustering and Hierarchical Clustering
Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for dimensionality reduction
Capstone Project: Build and Present a Real-World ML Solution
Select a dataset (e.g., loan prediction, disease detection)
Conduct EDA and preprocessing
Train and evaluate ML models
Present project findings and recommendations
Outcome: Deliver a complete, documented machine learning solution using Python and Scikit-learn.