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Machine Learning is a subfield of computer science that draws on elements from algorithmic analysis, computational statistics, mathematics, optimization, etc. It is mainly concerned with the use of data to construct models that have high predictive/forecasting ability. Topics include modeling building, applications, theory, etc.

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How to fill missing numeric if any value in a subset is missing, all other columns with the ...

You should try all of: Using a classifier that can handle missing data. Decision trees can handle missing features both in input and in output. Try xgboost, which does great on kaggle competition wi …
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Why do cost functions use the square error?

Your loss function would not work because it incentivizes setting $\theta_1$ to any finite value and $\theta_0$ to $-\infty$. Let's call $r(x,y)=\frac{1}{m}\sum_{i=1}^m {h_\theta\left(x^{(i)}\right)} …
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How to handle missing data data in dependent variable?

The questions you're asking are empirical questions. The only answer anyone can give is to try all of them and see which works better. You have three options: Impute data Throw away data Use a cla …
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