Data Skeptic
Data Skeptic
Kyle Polich
[MINI] The Bootstrap
10 minutes Posted Nov 25, 2016 at 4:00 pm.
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The Bootstrap is a method of resampling a dataset to possibly refine it's accuracy and produce useful metrics on the result. The bootstrap is a useful statistical technique and is leveraged in Bagging (bootstrap aggregation) algorithms such as Random Forest. We discuss this technique related to polling and surveys.