Episode 5 - Tuning the threshold in binary classification tasks

Episode 5 of the Your Data Teacher Podcast podcast, hosted by Your Data Teacher, titled "Episode 5 - Tuning the threshold in binary classification tasks" was published on June 14, 2021 and runs 7 minutes.

June 14, 2021 ·7m · Your Data Teacher Podcast

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In this episode, I'll talk about tuning the threshold in binary classification tasks. The usual value for the threshold is 0.5, but it's useful to optimize it in order to make the model fit our needs. I talk about optimizing according to the ROC curve and maximizing the balanced accuracy.   Link to the article: https://www.yourdatateacher.com/2021/06/14/are-you-still-using-0-5-as-a-threshold/

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In this episode, I'll talk about tuning the threshold in binary classification tasks. The usual value for the threshold is 0.5, but it's useful to optimize it in order to make the model fit our needs. I talk about optimizing according to the ROC curve and maximizing the balanced accuracy.

Link to the article: https://www.yourdatateacher.com/2021/06/14/are-you-still-using-0-5-as-a-threshold/

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