Supervised machine learning methods excel at predicting an outcome. But being able to predict an outcome does not mean we know how to change it, or that we should.
Why did the model predict this outcome?
Why did this outcome occur?
Why are we doing any of this?
Slides for interpretation ([PDF])
Slides for ethics ([PDF])
Notebook for interpretation methods
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@misc{loftus202110,
author = {Loftus, Joshua},
title = {machine learning 4 data science: 10 From prediction to action},
url = {http://ml4ds.com/weeks/10-action/},
year = {2021}
}