Final exam for Applied Linear Statistical Models

Áhrifaþættir húsnæðisverðs milli sveitarfélaga á höfuðborgarsvæðinu

Flokkabreytur

In this report I talk about gradient boosted trees and compare its performance to other linear and tree-based models.

Final Slideshow Presentation for the Capstone Project from John Hopkins University's Data Science Specialization at Coursera.org

Exercise 7.8 from Introduction to Statistical Learning

Part of the Capstone Course of the Coursera Data Science Specialization by John Hopkins University

Hvar er skjaldborgin? Takk, Óli.

Weather events can have disastrous consequences if we are ill prepared. Heat waves can cause loss of life and floods can cause property damage. If we had reliable information which ranked the different types of events, the government could choose where to spend their budget the most efficiently. The purpose of this analysis is to see which types of events cause the biggest population and property damage. I will look at the mean and total amount of damage caused by major events and plot them for easy viewing.