Introduction

We live in a world where we are constantly surrounded by data. As such, being able to understand and process data is an absolute necessity.

Data Science is a field that deals with the description, analysis, and prediction of data. Consider an example from our daily lives: every day, we utilize multiple social media applications on our phones. These applications gather and process data in order to create a more personalized experience for each user – for example, showing us news articles that we may be interested in, or tailoring search results according to our location. This branch of data science is known as machine learning.

Machine learning is the methodical learning of procedures and statistical representations that computers use to accomplish tasks without human intervention. In other words, it is the process of teaching a computer to perform tasks by itself without explicit instructions, relying only on patterns and inferences. Some common uses of machine...