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=== What You Should Know Afterward ===
 
=== What You Should Know Afterward ===
  
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* The difference between sample error and true error.
 
* What a confidence interval is.
 
* What a confidence interval is.
 
* How to compute a confidence interval on the error rate of a classifier using the normal approximation.
 
* How to compute a confidence interval on the error rate of a classifier using the normal approximation.
* TBD....
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* What a paired test is, and how to compute use a paired test to compare two classifiers.
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* How to test the error rate of a classifier by cross-validation, or compare the error rates of two classifiers by cross-validation.

Revision as of 14:41, 24 September 2013

This a lecture used in the Syllabus for Machine Learning 10-601

Slides

Readings

  • Mitchell, Chapter 5.

What You Should Know Afterward

  • The difference between sample error and true error.
  • What a confidence interval is.
  • How to compute a confidence interval on the error rate of a classifier using the normal approximation.
  • What a paired test is, and how to compute use a paired test to compare two classifiers.
  • How to test the error rate of a classifier by cross-validation, or compare the error rates of two classifiers by cross-validation.