Libraries and Frameworks Section 037

scikit-learn Properly

The library most real tabular work is done in, used the way it was designed — pipelines first, so nothing leaks.

7 of 7 lessons published Three reading levels on every lesson

Start with “The fit, predict, transform contract”

Lessons in order

Work top to bottom. Each lesson assumes the one above it.

  1. The fit, predict, transform contract
  2. Pipelines and why leakage disappears
  3. ColumnTransformer for mixed data
  4. Writing your own transformer
  5. Encoders and scalers, and the unknown-category trap
  6. Choosing a cross-validation strategy
  7. Saving a scikit-learn model safely