Introduction to classification models by using R and tidymodels

Module
10 Units

Beginner

Developer

Data Scientist

Student

Azure

Classification is a form of machine learning in which you train a classification model to predict which category an item belongs to. In this module, you learn how to use the R programming language and tidymodels framework to train classification models.

Learning objectives

In this module, you'll learn:

When to use classification.
How to train and evaluate a classification model by using the tidymodels framework.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basic mathematics
Some experience programming in R

Introduction min
What is classification? min
Exercise - Train and evaluate a binary classification model min
Evaluate classification models min
Exercise - Train a classification model by using alternative metrics min
Create multiclass classification models min
Exercise - Train and evaluate multiclass classification models min
Knowledge check min
Challenge - Train a classification model to classify wine data min
Summary min