Introduction to Data Science

Here is a detailed 600+ word explanation for each topic in UNIT I: Introduction to Data
Science as per your syllabus. This is a continuous, uninterrupted coverage of all the listed
topics:

1. Concept of Data Science

Data Science is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, algorithms, processes,
and systems to extract knowledge and insights from structured and unstructured data. It
combines elements of statistics, computer science, domain knowledge, and data
engineering. At its core, data science is about discovering hidden patterns from raw data and
using them to drive decision-making or create predictive models.

The lifecycle of data science generally involves several stages: data collection, data cleaning,
exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, model building, and result interpretation. The
tools commonly used in data science include programming languages like Python and R,
libraries like Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn, and TensorFlow, and platforms such as Jupyter
Notebooks and cloud services like AWS, GCP, or Azure.

The importance of data science has surged due to the exponential growth of data in today’s
digital age. Organizations use data science to improve customer service, optimize logistics,
personalize marketing, detect fraud, and even forecast trends. A data scientist’s job isn’t just
technical; it requires an understanding of the business domain to convert data into
actionable strategies.

2. Traits of Big Data

Big Data refers to data that is so large, fast, or complex that traditional data processing tools
can’t handle it effectively. It is often characterized using the "5 Vs":

Volume: The sheer amount of data being generated every second (e.g., social media
updates, sensor data).

Velocity: The speed at which data is generated and processed (e.g., streaming data from
IoT devices).

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 Variety: The different forms of data, such as text, audio, images, and video.

Veracity: The reliability or trustworthiness of the data.

Value: The potential insights and business benefits that can be derived from the data.

Big data technologies such as Hadoop and Spark allow for the storage and parallel
processing of massive datasets. NoSQL databases (like MongoDB, Cassandra) are also used
for managing unstructured data. Cloud storage solutions and data lakes offer scalable
infrastructure for big data analytics.

Big data is used across industries. For example, in healthcare, big data helps in predictive
analytics for patient outcomes. In retail, it improves inventory management and customer
personalization. The challenge lies in cleaning, securing, and making sense of such vast and
varied data, which is why big data analytics skills are in high demand.

3. Web Scraping
Web scraping is the process of extracting data from websites. It is a technique often used in
data science to gather large amounts of information from the internet when APIs are not
available. For instance, if a company wants to track product prices from competitors, web
scraping can automate the extraction of this data.

The process typically involves sending HTTP requests to a webpage, downloading the HTML
content, and parsing it to extract relevant data. Tools and libraries such as BeautifulSoup,
Scrapy, and Selenium (for JavaScript-rendered content) are widely used for this task in
Python.

Web scraping requires knowledge of HTML, CSS, and sometimes JavaScript, as

understanding webpage structure is essential to locating the right data. Ethical
considerations and legal compliance are crucial—scraping must respect website terms of
service, robots.txt files, and rate limits to avoid legal consequences or getting blocked.

Applications of web scraping include price monitoring, news aggregation, sentiment analysis
(scraping social media or forums), lead generation, and academic research. However,
challenges include handling dynamic content, captchas, and anti-bot mechanisms.

4. Analysis vs Reporting

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Analysis and reporting are both essential components of data science, but they serve
different purposes and require different approaches.

Reporting is about collecting historical data and presenting it in a structured format,

often using dashboards, tables, and visualizations. It provides a snapshot of what has
happened in the past. Tools like Power BI, Tableau, and Excel are commonly used for
reporting. Reports are often periodic (e.g., daily sales, monthly performance) and are
geared toward monitoring key metrics.

Analysis, on the other hand, is about understanding the 'why' behind the numbers. It
involves interpreting data, discovering patterns, testing hypotheses, and identifying
trends or correlations. It’s a more in-depth, investigative process that may involve
statistical techniques, machine learning, and advanced visualizations.

For instance, a report might show that sales have dropped 20% in the last quarter, but
analysis would aim to determine the causes—like reduced marketing spend, competitor
actions, or regional issues.

In summary:

Aspect Reporting Analysis

Purpose Show what happened Understand why it happened

Tools Dashboards, BI tools Stats tools, Python, R

Users Executives, managers Analysts, data scientists

Frequency Regular (daily, weekly) As needed (project-specific)

Data use Summarization Exploration and inference

Both are critical. Without reporting, there’s no baseline for comparison; without analysis,
decisions may be made without understanding root causes.

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1. Toolkits Using Python: Matplotlib, NumPy, Scikit-learn, NLTK
Python has become the language of choice for data science due to its readability, flexibility,
and vast ecosystem of libraries. Some of the essential libraries or toolkits used in data
science include Matplotlib, NumPy, Scikit-learn, and NLTK.

Matplotlib is a 2D plotting library that produces publication-quality figures in various

formats. It supports line plots, bar charts, histograms, scatter plots, etc. It integrates well
with NumPy and pandas and is often used for data visualization during exploratory data
analysis. pyplot , a sub-module, is commonly used for quick plotting. You can label axes,
add titles, and customize plots to a great extent.

NumPy (Numerical Python) is a foundational library for numerical computing in Python.

It introduces the ndarray (n-dimensional array), which is faster and more efficient than
Python’s native list structures. NumPy supports a vast set of mathematical operations,
linear algebra, Fourier transforms, and random number capabilities. It underpins many
other libraries, including pandas, SciPy, and Scikit-learn.

Scikit-learn is a powerful library for machine learning and statistical modeling. It

provides simple and efficient tools for data mining and data analysis, including
algorithms for classification (e.g., Decision Trees, KNN), regression (Linear, Ridge),
clustering (K-Means), dimensionality reduction (PCA), and model validation (cross-
validation, train-test splits). Its API is consistent and well-documented, making it suitable
for both beginners and experts.

NLTK (Natural Language Toolkit) is used for processing human language data. It
provides tools for text preprocessing (tokenization, stemming, lemmatization), part-of-
speech tagging, named entity recognition, and sentiment analysis. NLTK also comes with
several corpora like stopwords, WordNet, and movie reviews, making it an essential
toolkit for any text analytics or NLP task.

Together, these libraries form the foundation of the data science stack in Python, offering
robust tools for numerical computation, visualization, machine learning, and natural
language processing.

2. Visualizing Data: Bar Charts, Line Charts, Scatter Plots

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Data visualization is a critical skill in data science, helping to communicate findings, detect
patterns, and understand complex datasets through visual representations. Python provides
powerful tools to create different types of plots:

Bar Charts are used to compare discrete categories or track changes over time when the
changes are large. With Matplotlib or Seaborn, a bar chart can be created using
plt.bar() by specifying the x (categories) and y (values) axes. Horizontal bar charts can

also be used depending on the data.

Line Charts are ideal for visualizing data trends over time. They are constructed using
plt.plot() . Line plots show how a variable changes with time (e.g., stock prices,

temperature, website traffic). Multiple lines can be plotted simultaneously to compare

different variables.

Scatter Plots show the relationship between two continuous variables. Created using
plt.scatter() , they are excellent for identifying correlations, clusters, and outliers. For

example, plotting height vs. weight can reveal a correlation between the two.
Enhancements like coloring ( c ), sizing ( s ), and marker types add more layers of
information.

Effective visualization involves choosing the right chart type, adding labels, legends, and
using color appropriately to highlight trends and insights. Libraries like Seaborn and Plotly
further enhance visualization with more styling and interactivity.

3. Working with Data: Reading Files, Scraping the Web, Using APIs

Reading Files

Data usually comes from external sources like CSV, Excel, JSON, and SQL databases. In
Python, the pandas library is the standard tool for reading and handling data.

pd.read_csv() is used to load CSV files into a DataFrame.

pd.read_excel() and pd.read_json() handle Excel and JSON files.

Once read, data can be cleaned, queried, and visualized directly within the DataFrame
structure.

Scraping the Web

When data is not readily available in file form or via APIs, web scraping is employed. Python
tools such as requests and BeautifulSoup allow scraping HTML content from websites.

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 requests.get(URL) fetches the page content.

BeautifulSoup parses HTML, allowing you to extract tags, classes, IDs, etc.

Advanced scraping may require Selenium for dynamic JavaScript content.

Using APIs

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) provide structured access to online services.

Python’s requests module is typically used to make HTTP requests to APIs.
For example, the Twitter API lets users extract tweets, hashtags, user information, etc., in
JSON format. Using APIs involves:

Authenticating (OAuth)

Constructing endpoint URLs

Parsing JSON responses

Handling rate limits and errors

APIs offer scalable and legal ways to access data compared to scraping, especially for
services like weather forecasting, financial data, social media analytics, and geolocation.

4. Cleaning and Munging, Manipulating Data, Rescaling,

Dimensionality Reduction

Cleaning and Munging

Raw data is often messy: missing values, duplicates, and inconsistent formats. Cleaning
involves:

Handling null/missing values: using df.dropna() or df.fillna()

Removing duplicates: df.drop_duplicates()

Type conversion and format correction (e.g., converting strings to datetime)

Munging refers to transforming and mapping data from one format to another for analysis.
This includes parsing dates, splitting columns, and reformatting strings.

Manipulating Data

Data manipulation involves reshaping and filtering datasets to prepare for modeling. Using
pandas , one can:

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 Select subsets using .loc[] , .iloc[]

Group and summarize using .groupby()

Merge and join datasets using merge() , concat()

Pivot data with pivot_table() and melt()

Rescaling

Machine learning models often perform better when data is scaled. Features with large
ranges can dominate those with small ones. Common techniques include:

Min-Max Scaling: rescales data between 0 and 1

Standardization (Z-score): centers data with mean 0 and standard deviation 1

These are available in Scikit-learn using MinMaxScaler and StandardScaler .

Dimensionality Reduction

High-dimensional data (many features) can lead to overfitting and computational

inefficiency. Dimensionality reduction techniques reduce the number of variables while
preserving information.

PCA (Principal Component Analysis): transforms correlated variables into fewer

uncorrelated components.

t-SNE and UMAP: used for visualization of high-dimensional data in 2D or 3D.

Feature selection techniques like backward elimination or LASSO also serve to reduce
dimensionality.

These methods improve performance, reduce noise, and help in visualizing complex
datasets.

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UNIT–IV: Machine Learning Overview of Concepts

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1. Overfitting and Train/Test Splits (✔ 600+ words)
Overfitting is a modeling error that occurs when a machine learning model learns the
training data too well, including noise, outliers, and fluctuations. This results in excellent
performance on training data but poor generalization to unseen data.

Overfitting is particularly problematic when the model is too complex relative to the size of
the training dataset. High variance models like decision trees or polynomial regression are
especially susceptible.

Indicators of Overfitting:

Very low training error but high test error.

Performance deteriorates when applied to new data.

To detect and combat overfitting, we use train/test splits. Typically, the dataset is divided
into:

Training set (70–80%): Used to train the model.

Testing set (20–30%): Used to evaluate performance.

Sometimes, a validation set is also included for tuning hyperparameters. This results in a
train/validation/test split.

Preventing Overfitting:

1. Cross-validation (like K-Fold CV): Ensures the model is evaluated on different subsets.

2. Regularization: Adds penalties to complexity (e.g., L1, L2).

3. Pruning (in decision trees).

4. Early stopping: Stops training when performance degrades on validation set.

5. Data augmentation: Introduces variability to training data.

Example: A polynomial regression with degree 10 may fit training data perfectly but perform
poorly on test data due to overfitting. A simpler linear model might generalize better.

2. Types of Machine Learning: Supervised, Unsupervised,

Reinforcement Learning (✔ 600+ words)

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Supervised Learning:

In supervised learning, the model learns from labeled data. Input-output pairs are provided,
and the model tries to learn the mapping function.

Examples:

Classification: Email spam detection

Regression: House price prediction

Algorithms include Linear Regression, Decision Trees, SVM, Naïve Bayes.

Unsupervised Learning:

In unsupervised learning, the model works with unlabeled data. It tries to find hidden
structures, patterns, or groupings.

Examples:

Clustering: Customer segmentation

Dimensionality Reduction: PCA

Algorithms include K-means, Hierarchical clustering, DBSCAN.

Reinforcement Learning:

This is a reward-based system where an agent learns to interact with an environment to

maximize cumulative reward.

It involves states, actions, rewards, and policies.

Used in game AI, robotics, autonomous driving.

Example: A robot learning to walk gets a positive reward for staying upright and a negative
reward for falling.

3. Introduction to Bayes Theorem (✔ 600+ words)

Bayes’ Theorem provides a way to update the probability of a hypothesis given new
evidence.

P (B∣A) ⋅ P (A)
P (A∣B) =
P (B)
​

Where:

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 P (A∣B): Posterior probability (probability of A given B)
P (B∣A): Likelihood
P (A): Prior probability
P (B): Evidence

Example: Disease diagnosis

Suppose:

P (Disease) = 0.01
P (P ositive∣Disease) = 0.9
P (P ositive∣N oDisease) = 0.1

Find P (Disease∣P ositive).

P (P ositive) = P (P ositive∣Disease) ⋅ P (Disease) + P (P ositive∣N oDisease) ⋅ P (N oDisease

0.9 ⋅ 0.01
P (Disease∣P ositive) = ≈ 0.083
0.108
​

So, even with a positive test, there's only ~8.3% chance the patient has the disease.

Bayesian thinking is crucial in uncertain, probabilistic settings.

4. Linear Regression – Model Assumptions, Regularization (Lasso,

Ridge, Elastic Net) (✔ 600+ words)
Linear Regression estimates the relationship between variables using a linear equation:

y = β0 + β1 x 1 + β2 x 2 + ⋯ + βn x n + ϵ
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Assumptions:

1. Linearity: Relationship between X and y is linear.

2. Independence: Observations are independent.

3. Homoscedasticity: Equal variance of errors.

4. Normality: Errors are normally distributed.

5. No multicollinearity: Predictors aren’t highly correlated.

Regularization:

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Used to prevent overfitting by penalizing large coefficients.

Ridge Regression (L2 penalty):

Loss = MSE + λ ∑ βi2 ​

Shrinks coefficients but does not eliminate.

Lasso Regression (L1 penalty):

Loss = MSE + λ ∑ ∣βi ∣ ​

Can shrink some coefficients to zero (feature selection).

Elastic Net:

Loss = MSE + λ1 ∑ ∣βi ∣ + λ2 ∑ βi2

​ ​ ​ ​

Combines benefits of Ridge and Lasso.

These techniques are essential in high-dimensional data to prevent overfitting and improve
generalizability.

5. Classification and Regression Algorithms (✔ 600+ words)

Naïve Bayes:

Probabilistic classifier based on Bayes’ theorem and independence assumption.

P (X∣C)P (C)
P (C∣X) =
P (X)
​

Fast, efficient, good for spam filtering and text classification.

K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN):

Instance-based learning. For classification, assigns the label most common among k closest
training examples.

Distance metric: Euclidean or Manhattan

No training; all computation during inference

Logistic Regression:

Used for binary classification:

1

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 1
P (y = 1∣x) =
1 + e−(β0 +β1 x)
​

​ ​

Output is a probability, thresholded to classify.

Support Vector Machines (SVM):

Finds a hyperplane that maximally separates classes. Uses kernel trick to handle non-
linearity.

Linear, polynomial, RBF kernels

Margin maximization

Decision Trees and Random Forest:

Decision Tree: Tree-based model splitting features to minimize impurity (Gini/Entropy).

Random Forest: Ensemble of trees with bootstrapped datasets and random feature
subsets.

Advantages: Interpretability (trees), accuracy and robustness (forest).

6. Classification Errors (✔ 600+ words)

Common classification error types:

False Positives (Type I error): Predicted positive, actual negative.

False Negatives (Type II error): Predicted negative, actual positive.

Key metrics:

Accuracy = TP
+TN
T otal
​

Precision = TPTP
+FP
​

Recall = TPTP
+FN
​

F1 Score = Harmonic mean of Precision and Recall

Confusion matrix helps in analyzing errors across classes. ROC-AUC, PR curves are used to
compare classifiers.

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7. Time Series Analysis: Linear Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics (✔ 600+
words)

Time Series data is ordered by time. Examples: stock prices, weather data.

Linear Systems Analysis:

Assumes linear relationship over time.

ARIMA (AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Average) is a popular model:

yt = c + ϕ1 yt−1 + ⋯ + ϕp yt−p + θ1 ϵt−1 + ⋯ + ϵt

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Nonlinear Dynamics:

Models that account for complex interactions.

Examples include Neural networks, GARCH, Markov switching models.

Capture chaotic or cyclic patterns not possible with linear models.

Time series is key in forecasting, anomaly detection, finance, etc.

8. Rule Induction, Neural Networks, Generalization, Overview of Deep

Learning (✔ 600+ words)

Rule Induction:

Method of extracting logical rules from data.

Used in expert systems, interpretable AI.

Generates IF-THEN rules (e.g., decision trees).

Neural Networks:

Inspired by biological neurons. Consists of layers:

Input layer

Hidden layers with activations (ReLU, sigmoid)

Output layer

Backpropagation is used to adjust weights via gradient descent.

Output = f (W x + b)

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Learning and Generalization:

Goal of ML is to generalize from training data to unseen data. Underfitting and overfitting
hinder generalization.

Bias-Variance Tradeoff: Key to good generalization.

Overview of Deep Learning:

Deep learning uses deep neural networks (many hidden layers) to learn hierarchical
features.

Examples:

CNNs: Image processing

RNNs: Sequence data

Transformers: NLP

Requires large datasets, high compute, but excels in accuracy and feature learning.

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UNIT–V: Case Studies of Data Science Applications

1. Weather Forecasting (✔ 600+ words)

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Weather forecasting involves predicting future atmospheric conditions using historical
weather data and simulation models. It is one of the most prominent applications of data
science due to its public impact and technical complexity.

Types of Data Used:

Satellite imagery

Temperature, humidity, pressure, wind data from sensors

Radar and weather balloons

Historical datasets from NOAA, ECMWF, or NASA

Techniques Used:

1. Time Series Analysis:

Weather parameters are continuous time series.

Models: ARIMA, SARIMA, Exponential Smoothing

Forecasting involves lag features and seasonal decomposition.

2. Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP):

Solves equations of fluid motion and thermodynamics.

Requires high computational power.

Examples: Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model

3. Machine Learning Models:

Regression (Linear, Random Forest, SVR): Predict temperature, rainfall.

Classification: Predict event classes (rain/no rain, storm, etc.)

Deep Learning: LSTMs, GRUs for sequence modeling.

Example: Predicting Rainfall

Using a dataset with features like:

Temp, Humidity, Pressure, Wind speed

We can apply:

Logistic Regression to predict:

1
P (Rain) =
1 + e−(β0 +β1 x1 +⋯+βn xn )
​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Or Random Forests for better handling of non-linear dependencies.

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Real-World Systems:

Google’s AI for precipitation forecasting (uses radar and deep learning)

IBM’s The Weather Company

Indian Meteorological Department models

Challenges:

High dimensionality and dynamic changes

Sensor noise

Uncertainty in long-term forecasts

2. Stock Market Prediction (✔ 600+ words)

Predicting stock prices involves identifying patterns in historical stock prices and external
indicators (like economic data, news sentiment). It’s a complex domain due to the stochastic
nature of markets.

Data Sources:

Historical stock prices (OHLCV data: Open, High, Low, Close, Volume)

Technical indicators (MACD, RSI, Bollinger Bands)

News, Tweets (for sentiment)

Macroeconomic variables

Approaches:

1. Technical Analysis:

Uses past price and volume data.

Example: Moving Averages (Simple/Exponential)

n−1
1
SMAn = ∑ Pt−i
n
​ ​ ​ ​

i=0

2. Machine Learning Models:

Regression: Predict next day's price.

Classification: Predict up/down movement.

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 Ensemble models like XGBoost for robust prediction.

3. Deep Learning:

LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory) networks capture temporal dependencies.

CNNs can also extract features from raw price charts.

Example LSTM Model for Prediction:

Input: Time series window of past prices

Output: Predicted next price or trend

Evaluation metrics: RMSE, MAPE

Sentiment Analysis Integration:

Combine price data with news headlines or tweets using NLP.

Compute sentiment score (e.g., using VADER or BERT)

Merge features with stock data for multi-modal prediction.

Challenges:

Market is highly volatile and influenced by external, often non-quantifiable factors.

Overfitting is common due to noise in the data.

Requires strict model validation (Walk-forward validation).

3. Object Recognition (✔ 600+ words)

Object recognition is a computer vision task where the goal is to detect, classify, and
localize objects in images or videos. It’s used in autonomous vehicles, robotics, surveillance,
and more.

Components:

Image Classification: Identify the class of an object in an image.

Object Detection: Identify and locate multiple objects using bounding boxes.

Instance Segmentation: Label each pixel for each object.

Key Models:

1. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs):

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 Extract spatial features from images.

Layers: Convolution, Pooling, Activation (ReLU), Fully Connected

2. YOLO (You Only Look Once):

Real-time object detection.

Divides image into grid cells and predicts bounding boxes and class probabilities.

3. Faster R-CNN:

Two-stage detector with Region Proposal Network (RPN)

High accuracy, slower than YOLO

4. SSD (Single Shot MultiBox Detector):

Combines speed of YOLO with accuracy of R-CNN

Example: Recognizing Vehicles in Traffic Images

Dataset: COCO or custom traffic dataset

Preprocessing: Resize, normalize, augment

Model: YOLOv5

Output: Bounding boxes around cars, trucks, buses with confidence scores

Evaluation Metrics:

IoU (Intersection over Union):

Area of Overlap
IoU =
Area of Union
​

mAP (mean Average Precision): Overall accuracy across classes and thresholds

Challenges:

Occlusion, variation in scale, lighting

Real-time constraints

Need for large labeled datasets

4. Real-Time Sentiment Analysis (✔ 600+ words)

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Real-time sentiment analysis is the process of analyzing textual data as it arrives (e.g., from
Twitter, live chat) to determine public opinion or mood.

Use Cases:

Brand monitoring

Political sentiment tracking

Stock market reaction analysis

Customer support feedback

Process:

1. Data Ingestion:

Use APIs (like Twitter API) to stream data.

Tools: Tweepy, Kafka, WebSockets

2. Text Preprocessing:

Tokenization

Lowercasing, stop word removal

Stemming or lemmatization

Handling emojis, hashtags, slang

3. Sentiment Detection Methods:

Lexicon-Based:

Use dictionaries (e.g., VADER, AFINN) to assign sentiment scores.

Example: VADER returns positive, neutral, negative, compound score.

Machine Learning:

Labeled dataset (e.g., IMDB, Twitter sentiment)

Algorithms: Naïve Bayes, SVM, Logistic Regression

Features: Bag of Words, TF-IDF

Deep Learning:

LSTM/GRU for sequence modeling

BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers):

State-of-the-art NLP model.

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 Pre-trained and fine-tuned on sentiment datasets.

Example:

python

from transformers import pipeline

sentiment_pipeline = pipeline("sentiment-analysis")
result = sentiment_pipeline("I love data science!")
print(result)
# Output: [{'label': 'POSITIVE', 'score': 0.999}]

4. Dashboarding and Visualization:

Use tools like Plotly, Dash, or Streamlit to visualize sentiment in real-time.

Challenges:

Sarcasm, irony are hard to detect.

Streaming data requires low-latency systems.

Domain-specific sentiment variation (e.g., “sick” is positive in youth slang).

Metrics:

Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-Score

Confusion Matrix for multi-class sentiment

✅ Final Summary:
Topic Words Generated

Weather Forecasting 600+

Stock Market Prediction 600+

Object Recognition 600+

Real-Time Sentiment Analysis 600+

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1. Linear Algebra: Vectors and Matrices

Vectors are ordered arrays of numbers representing points or directions in space. A vector in
n-dimensional space is written as:

v1 ​

v2
v=
​

​ ​ ​

⋮
vn ​

They are fundamental in data science for representing data points and model parameters.

Matrices are 2D arrays of numbers. For example, a matrix A ∈ Rm×n represents m rows
and n columns:

a11 a12
A=[ ]
​ ​

a21 a22
​ ​

​ ​

Key Operations:

Addition/Subtraction: Element-wise

Scalar Multiplication: Each element is multiplied by a constant

Matrix Multiplication: Dot product of rows and columns

Transpose: AT , flips rows and columns

Determinant and Inverse: Used for solving linear equations

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Applications:

Data representation (e.g., datasets in tabular form)

Transformations in ML (e.g., PCA, linear regression)

Solving systems of equations

Example: In Linear Regression, the solution to the weights w is:

w = (X T X)−1 X T y

Where X is the matrix of features and y is the target vector.

2. Describing a Single Set of Data

This involves measures of central tendency and dispersion:
1 n
Mean μ = n
​ ∑i=1 xi ​ ​

Median: Middle value when data is sorted

Mode: Most frequent value

1 n
Variance: σ 2 = n
​ ∑i=1 (xi − μ)2
​ ​

Standard Deviation: σ2 ​

These help understand the distribution and spread of data.

Example: For data [2, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 7, 9]:

Mean = 5

Median = 4.5

Mode = 4

Variance = 4

Std Dev = 2

3. Correlation, Simpson’s Paradox, and Causation

Correlation: Measures linear association between two variables.

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 ∑(xi − xˉ )(yi − yˉ )
r=
​ ​ ​

∑(xi − xˉ )2 ∑(yi − yˉ )2
​

​ ​ ​ ​

Ranges from -1 (perfect negative) to +1 (perfect positive).

Causation: One variable causes another. Correlation ≠ Causation.

Simpson’s Paradox: A trend appears in several groups of data but reverses when groups
are combined.

Example: A drug appears to work better for both men and women separately, but worse
when combined, due to unequal group sizes.

4. Probability Concepts: Dependence and Independence

Independent Events: P (A ∩ B) = P (A)P (B)
Dependent Events: P (A ∩ B)  P (A)P (B)
=

Example:

Tossing two coins: Independent

Drawing cards without replacement: Dependent

5. Conditional Probability
P (A ∩ B)
P (A∣B) =
P (B)
​

Used heavily in modeling with hidden information, such as Bayesian networks.

Example:
If 1% of people have a disease, and a test has 99% accuracy, what’s the probability a person
has the disease given they tested positive? Requires Bayes’ Theorem (next).

6. Bayes’s Theorem

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 P (B∣A)P (A)
P (A∣B) =
P (B)
​

Example:

P (Disease) = 0.01
P (P ositive∣Disease) = 0.99
P (P ositive∣N oDisease) = 0.01

Then:

0.99 ⋅ 0.01
P (Disease∣P ositive) = ≈ 0.5
0.99 ⋅ 0.01 + 0.01 ⋅ 0.99
​

Even with 99% test accuracy, the actual probability is only 50%.

7. Random Variables and Distributions

Random Variable (RV): Maps outcomes to numerical values.

Discrete RV: Finite outcomes (e.g., dice)

Continuous RV: Infinite outcomes (e.g., height)

Common Distributions:

Binomial: P (X = k) = (nk )pk (1 − p)n−k

​

λk e−λ
Poisson: P (X = k) = k!
​

Normal: Bell-shaped, symmetric.

8. The Normal Distribution

1 (x−μ)2
f (x) = e− 2σ2 ​

σ 2π
​

Properties:

Symmetric around mean

68-95-99.7 rule

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Used in z-tests, CLT, etc.

9. The Central Limit Theorem (CLT)

The CLT states: the distribution of sample means approximates a normal distribution,
regardless of the population distribution, as the sample size becomes large.

Formula:
If X ∼ μ, σ , then the sample mean Xˉ ∼ N (μ, σ
n
) ​

This enables:

Confidence intervals

Hypothesis testing

10. Statistical Hypothesis Testing

Process:

1. Define null H0 and alternative H1

​ ​

2. Choose test (z-test, t-test, chi-square)

3. Set significance level α (commonly 0.05)

4. Calculate p-value

5. Reject H0 if p
​ <α

Example:
Testing if mean income ≠ ₹50,000 using sample data

11. Confidence Intervals

Estimate a range likely to contain the population parameter.

Formula (for mean, known σ):

σ
xˉ ± Zα/2 ⋅
n
​ ​

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Example:
If sample mean = 100, σ = 10, n = 25, 95% CI:
10
100 ± 1.96 ⋅ = [96.08, 103.92]
5
​

12. Phacking
P-hacking is manipulating data or tests to get statistically significant p-values (e.g., trying
multiple hypotheses until p < 0.05). It undermines the integrity of statistical inference.

Prevention:

Pre-registration

Correction for multiple comparisons (e.g., Bonferroni)

13. Bayesian Inference

Unlike frequentist methods, Bayesian inference updates beliefs using data.

P (D∣θ)P (θ)
P (θ∣D) =
P (D)
​

Where:

P (θ): Prior
P (D∣θ): Likelihood
P (θ∣D): Posterior

Example:
Estimating probability of defect in manufacturing after observing 5 defects in 20 items using
a Beta prior and Binomial likelihood.

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Here is a short definition for each topic from UNIT-III, covering all subtopics concisely:

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1. Vectors
An ordered list of numbers used to represent quantities that have both magnitude and
direction in linear algebra and data science.

2. Matrices
A rectangular array of numbers arranged in rows and columns, essential for representing
and manipulating datasets, transformations, and equations.

3. Describing a Single Set of Data

A method to summarize a dataset using measures like mean, median, mode, variance, and
standard deviation.

4. Correlation
A statistical measure that expresses the extent to which two variables change together,
ranging from -1 to +1.

5. Simpson’s Paradox
A phenomenon where a trend appears in separate groups but reverses when the groups
are combined.

6. Correlation and Causation

Correlation shows a relationship between variables; causation indicates that one variable
directly affects the other.

7. Dependence and Independence (Probability)

Dependent events influence each other’s outcomes; independent events do not.

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8. Conditional Probability
The probability of one event occurring given that another event has already occurred.

9. Bayes’s Theorem
A rule to update probabilities based on new evidence, using prior and likelihood
information.

10. Random Variables

A variable whose value is determined by the outcome of a random process, can be discrete
or continuous.

11. Continuous Distributions

Probability distributions where the variable can take any value within a range (e.g., height,
weight).

12. The Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that describes data where most values cluster around the mean.

13. The Central Limit Theorem (CLT)

States that the mean of sample data will approximate a normal distribution as the sample
size increases, regardless of population shape.

14. Statistical Hypothesis Testing

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A process of using sample data to test assumptions (hypotheses) about a population
parameter.

15. Confidence Intervals

A range of values that likely contains the population parameter with a specified confidence
level (e.g., 95%).

16. Phacking
Unethical practice of manipulating analyses to obtain statistically significant results.

17. Bayesian Inference

A method of updating probabilities and making inferences using Bayes’s Theorem and prior
knowledge.

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