Beat the Clock • Master the Basics
Every predictive analytics problem falls into one of three types. Master these and you'll instantly know which technique to reach for.
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Predicting a category. Yes/No, True/False, A/B/C. The answer is a label, not a number.
Predicting a number. How much, how many, what value. The answer is continuous.
Finding natural groups. No labels given—discover hidden structure in data.