From the course: Machine Learning and AI Foundations: Prediction, Causation, and Statistical Inference
Unlock the full course today
Join today to access over 24,400 courses taught by industry experts.
Comparing CRISP-DM and the scientific method
From the course: Machine Learning and AI Foundations: Prediction, Causation, and Statistical Inference
Comparing CRISP-DM and the scientific method
- [Instructor] I had a powerful experience a few years ago. I asked a university group I was teaching online to comment in the discussion forum about the similarities that they might see between CRISP-DM and the scientific method. I was expecting that everyone would see that they're really quite different, but the vast majority of the a group was certain that the two, CRISP-DM and the scientific method, were the same. I was a bit shocked, but I was outvoted so utterly that it shook my confidence even though I was the one leading the discussion. I reached out to two of the original authors of CRISP-DM that I know. It's worth mentioning that there's no equivalent resource for the scientific method and there's no official version of it but most versions are pretty similar. So I emailed Tom Khabaza and Colin Shearer and was very curious to get their feedback. Here's what Tom had to say. He explained that, you know,…
Practice while you learn with exercise files
Download the files the instructor uses to teach the course. Follow along and learn by watching, listening and practicing.