Summary
In this chapter, you were introduced to the fundamentals of machine learning, got an overview of machine learning using CART, and learned about bagging and boosting ensembled methods to improve the performance of a CART model. You were also introduced to the topics of data preparation and data engineering. The topics introduced in this chapter are the fundamentals to start machine learning, and you have just touched the tip of the iceberg. We will cover all of these topics in more depth in the following chapters.
Next, we’ll go through a quick-start introduction to provide you with an example so you can apply the concepts you learned about in the next chapter.
