--- product_id: 54604352 title: "Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners: A Plain English Introduction: 3 (Learn AI & Python for Beginners)" price: "R483" currency: ZAR in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/54604352-machine-learning-for-absolute-beginners-a-plain-english-introduction-3 store_origin: ZA region: South Africa --- # Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners: A Plain English Introduction: 3 (Learn AI & Python for Beginners) **Price:** R483 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners: A Plain English Introduction: 3 (Learn AI & Python for Beginners) - **How much does it cost?** R483 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.za](https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/54604352-machine-learning-for-absolute-beginners-a-plain-english-introduction-3) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners: A Plain English Introduction: 3 (Learn AI & Python for Beginners) by Theobald, Oliver (ISBN: 9781549617218) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Review: Gripping (factual books aren't supposed to be) - could barely put it down - Very logically structured and with clear chapters which hang together (about 5-10 pages long). It covers the components/decisions to make in Machine learning, data preparation, the main algorithm methods, the development environment and making a model in python. Don't be put off by the python you can read 90% of the book not knowing anything about Python. Great value for money I do have a background in stats and algorithms so even though the language is clear some of the underlying concepts do take a bit of thinking about. A suggestion if you cannot take the algorithms on board is to get 20 pictures of dinosaurs and try putting them into 2 categories using each of the "unsupervised" algorithms that the author describes - for the supervised algorithms get 20 pictures of cats/dogs and correctly label half of them (the "training set") as "Cat" or "Dog" leaving the other half without labels (to use either as "test" data or "actual" data)... Review: Good introduction. - It’s a good primer for any beginner who is curious about the field. Rather than just being an overview of the topic it gives some basic practical knowledge to make a start with machine learning. Losing a star due to being a very poor print. Mine had part of another book printed half way though not sure how that would even happen! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 511,451 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 546 in Computer Information Systems 2,261 in Computing & Internet Programming 11,689 in School Education & Teaching | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,550 Reviews | ## Images ![Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners: A Plain English Introduction: 3 (Learn AI & Python for Beginners) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61IRqgDyviL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gripping (factual books aren't supposed to be) - could barely put it down *by J***D on 23 January 2025* Very logically structured and with clear chapters which hang together (about 5-10 pages long). It covers the components/decisions to make in Machine learning, data preparation, the main algorithm methods, the development environment and making a model in python. Don't be put off by the python you can read 90% of the book not knowing anything about Python. Great value for money I do have a background in stats and algorithms so even though the language is clear some of the underlying concepts do take a bit of thinking about. A suggestion if you cannot take the algorithms on board is to get 20 pictures of dinosaurs and try putting them into 2 categories using each of the "unsupervised" algorithms that the author describes - for the supervised algorithms get 20 pictures of cats/dogs and correctly label half of them (the "training set") as "Cat" or "Dog" leaving the other half without labels (to use either as "test" data or "actual" data)... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good introduction. *by S***N on 13 October 2019* It’s a good primer for any beginner who is curious about the field. Rather than just being an overview of the topic it gives some basic practical knowledge to make a start with machine learning. Losing a star due to being a very poor print. Mine had part of another book printed half way though not sure how that would even happen! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect overview for the beginner, book exactly as sold on the packaging *by M***E on 15 December 2018* This little introduction to Machine Learning is a gem. It is for the absolute beginner as it explains in the title. But it acts as an extremely useful helicopter view of the subject, not in journalist style, but actually very true to the mathematics and methodologies underlying the techniques. The book also helps those thinking about a career in machine learning. They will get an overview of what it is about and what types of skills are required. For those with a deeper mathematical maturity, this book could also act as a good reference framework for all the different approaches and techniques covered. For example, to understand what reinforcement learning is (and why it is so difficult) or ensemble learning techniques. The real difference between standard regression and logistic regression. Traditional textbooks and monographs can become overburdened in the technical mathematics and make the reader lost in terms of where they are in the whole overall scheme of machine learning. ## Frequently Bought Together - Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners: A Plain English Introduction (Data Storytelling: Learn AI, Data Science & Python Books for Beginners) - Data Analytics for Absolute Beginners: A Deconstructed Guide to Data Literacy: (Introduction to Data, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence & ... 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