Glossary term
What is Precision?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Precision" means: When the model says yes, how often it is right. It is taught in Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model. Related terms include R-squared (R2), Recall, MAE and Permutation importance. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Precision?
When the model says yes, how often it is right.
Where is Precision taught?
Precision is defined in Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model.
Which lessons cover Precision?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model, lesson 5.3: Precision and recall: the two kinds of mistake
Which terms are related to Precision?
Next to Precision in the course glossaries: R-squared (R2), Recall, MAE, Permutation importance, Grid search, Virtual environment and Hyperparameter.
R-squared (R2)RecallMAEPermutation importanceGrid searchVirtual environmentHyperparameter
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 Precision?
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.