Glossary term
What is Classification?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Classification" means: A prediction question whose answer is a category, such as yes or no. It is taught in Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model. Related terms include Regression, Baseline, Predicting and Accuracy. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Classification?
A prediction question whose answer is a category, such as yes or no.
Where is Classification taught?
Classification is defined in Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model.
Which terms are related to Classification?
Next to Classification in the course glossaries: Regression, Baseline, Predicting, Accuracy, Training (fitting), Training set, Row and Test set.
RegressionBaselinePredictingAccuracyTraining (fitting)Training setRowTest set
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Classification?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model: Basic Python: variables, lists, dictionaries, functions, and running a .py file from a terminal.