What is the best way to select a model for your data? (2024)

Key takeaways from this article

• Cross-validation strategy:

  By using cross-validation, you can test your model's performance on different subsets of your data. This helps ensure that the model is reliable and will work well with new, unseen data.

• Iterative evaluation:

  Don't settle for the first good result. If a model performs well with default settings, it might still improve—or not—with fine-tuning. Reassess with different hyperparameters to find the best fit for your data.

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• Asif Shah Analyst | Banker | Cabin Crew | Team Player | Out-of-the-box Thinker

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  The best way to select a model for your data is through a combination of cross-validation, considering model complexity, and assessing performance metrics on a held-out validation set.

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• Abhishek Soni Data scientist @ Amazon || Data Science Educator || Ex-Cipla || Ex-Verizon

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  Start by examining the distribution, shape, outliers and correlations using descriptive statistics and visualizations like histograms, heatmaps etc. This will give you your data's characteristics like type, scale, structure, and missing values or anomalies. After it is done, you can choose a model that aligns with your data's properties.For eg, if your data shows a linear relationship between variables with minimal outliers, a linear regression model might be suitable. On the other hand, if the relationships are more complex and nonlinear, you might consider using decision trees, support vector machines, or neural networks. Additionally, if your data has distinct clusters, a clustering algorithm like k-means could be appropriate.

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• Castro G. HOUNMENOU PhD in Statistic and Probability | Expert in Data Analysis, Big data, Machine learning, Database creation and management

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  Selecting the best model for your data involves a systematic approach and consideration of various factors. Here’s a step-by-step guide:Understand the Problem, Data Exploration, Split Data, Select Model Families, Initial Model Selection,Evaluate Performance, Compare Models, Hyperparameter Tuning, Cross-Validation, Regularization and Feature Selection, Final Evaluation and Consider Practical AspectsRemember, there’s no one-size-fits-all approach. The best model choice often involves a balance between model performance, interpretability, computational cost, and practical constraints specific to your problem and dataset. Experimentation and iteration are key to finding the most suitable model for your data.

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• Keturah Faurot PA, PhD Associate Professor, Dept. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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  If you mean a statistical model: your model depends on your research question. The model follows the question. Then the model follows the form of the data and the other data exploration considerations brought up earlier.

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• Fégens SAINT-LOUIS MD, Epidémiologiste, PhD Researcher

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  The first step is to know your data. What are their significance. What are their limitations and what types of variables are they.

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  Choosing the model based on pattern, linearity, exploratory analysis, or evidence is computerized. The haziest part is being 'subjective' (partially) rather than being 'objective', and sometimes that helps. Models are based on assumptions (beliefs, opinions, conjectures) and we never know what part of it is not the true one. Even the best-specified model can be the misspecified one. Domain knowledge, literature review, underlying assumptions, and data-driven exploration -all together with a hint of the objective/outcome of the research goal, help to specify the model. Again, the simplest model (lex parsimoniae) can be the best model, if it can distinguish the signal from the noise adequately. We may not always need the best model!

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  Basis your domain knowledge and data type of the dependent variable ( need to identify this during EDA) we will identify model to be applied The next step is to identify relevant and most consequential predictor variables for the modelSometime we can decide to use a neural network - here then we need to identify the pre built model for transfer learning and the initial weights of the model

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  Selecting the best model for your data involves a systematic approach. Begin by understanding the nature of your data and the problem you aim to solve, as this informs the type of task (e.g., classification, regression) and potential model choices. Evaluate different algorithms and models, considering their strengths, weaknesses, and suitability for your specific dataset. Utilize techniques like cross-validation to assess model performance robustly, and fine-tune hyperparameters to optimize results. Continuous monitoring and adaptation of the chosen model over time, especially as data evolves, contribute to maintaining model effectiveness.

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  Model specification is an iterative process that involves refining the model based on the evaluation results and domain considerations. The goal is to identify a model that effectively captures the data's patterns and relationships while maintaining interpretability and generalization performance.It plays a pivotal role in ensuring that the model accurately captures the underlying patterns and relationships in the data, leading to reliablepredictions and decision-making.

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• Praveen Kumar M Head of Clinical Sciences, Nference; Ethirneechal

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  While selecting model, we can select set of best-performing model without doing hyper-parameter tuning. Then within this selected set of model, we can do hyper-parameter tuning to evaluate their performance on the data. The best performing model is then selected for even great robust evaluation on the unseen data (validation or test data). It is important to remember that a model that may perform well with default setting may not perform well with hyperparameter tuning. So it is important to be vigilant and undertake a cyclical or iterative process if required to select the best performing model out of all the models evaluated for the given dataset. This is resource intenstive both in terms of time and cost. But definitely robust.

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  Performing a good model estimation involves several important steps, ensuring your model accurately reflects the underlying patterns and relationships in your data. . Data preparation:. Choose appropriate model(s). Train and split your data. Model training and hyperparameter tuning. Model evaluation. Address potential issues. Model interpretation and explanation. Model deployment and monitoring. Re-train or fine-tune your model as needed to maintain its accuracy and effectiveness.

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  Model estimation is the process of finding values for the model's parameters that best fit the observed data. It involves minimizing a loss function, which measures the difference between the model's predictions and the actual values of the target variable.Main Types of Model Estimation:. Ordinary Least Squares. Maximum Likelihood Estimation . Generalized Least Squares . Bayesian Estimation

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  Now we will apply the model and optimise the model. The idea here is that the modelMust have low error and bias. The first must be good and yet not an overfit

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