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CMDA-4654: Intermediate Data Analytics and Machine Learning

Description: A technical analytics course. Covers supervised and unsupervised learning strategies, including regression, generalized linear models, regularization, dimension reduction methods, tree-based methods for classification, and clustering. Upper-level analytical methods shown in practice: e.g., advanced naive Bayes and neural networks.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (MATH-2114 or MATH-2405H or MATH-2114H) and (CMDA-3654 or CS-3654 or STAT-3654) and (CMDA-2006 or STAT-3104 or STAT-4106 or STAT-4706)

Required By: CMDA-4274, STAT-4274, STAT-4744

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: CS-4654, STAT-4654

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 24

Average GPA: 3.18 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 32.78%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.66%

Robert B Gramacy202241.0%34.9%15.1%2.0%4.3%2.7%3.077
Christian Lucero202446.9%31.3%14.9%1.3%2.4%3.2%3.1914
Tajbakhsh Sam Davanloo201636.4%18.2%18.2%27.3%0.0%0.0%2.641
Jyotishka Datta202385.4%13.4%0.0%0.0%1.1%0.0%3.832

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