Comparison among different states on several factors in the education space — Background India is a melting pot of cultures, traditions, and values. The subcontinent of 1+ billion people houses its citizens in 36 States and Union Territories. The quality of education is affected not only by the presence of different educational boards but also by different prevalent socio-economic factors. I grew up…

Introduction K Nearest Neighbors is a lazy learner. It does not build a model as such. Scaling of features is necessary before calculating distances when the features have different ranges. Advantages No training required. Very easy to interpret. Disadvantages Need to find the optimum K(no. of neighbors). …

Introduction While using Linear Regression if you thought to yourself, “gosh, how can I use this for classification?”, you are reading the right article. Logistic Regression borrows the concept of best fit line from Linear Regression to demarcate classes in an OVR(one-vs-rest) fashion. Since the required output is a prediction, the…

Introduction This is the first algorithm anybody learns when they step into the world of Machine Learning. The advantage of the model lies in its simplicity. A linear model has a high bias and low variance. Also, if the features are normalized, it helps the algorithm converge faster while using gradient…

“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” — Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake [1] Introduction I belong to a family where someone is always pouring over books, newspapers, or magazines. At school, we had a library and a library period dedicated to reading. However, much to…