In this chapter, you will learn about the key objects in linear algebra, such as vectors and matrices. You will understand why they are important and how they interact with each other.

Motivations

Creating Vectors in R

The Algebra of Vectors

Creating Matrices in R

Matrix-Vector Operations

Matrix-Vector Compatibility

Matrix Multiplication as a Transformation

Reflections

Matrix-Matrix Calculations

Matrix Multiplication Compatibility

Matrix Multiplication - Order Matters

Intro to The Matrix Inverse

Introduction to Linear Algebra

Many machine learning algorithms boil down to solving a matrix-vector equation.  In this chapter, you learn what matrix-vector equations are trying to accomplish and how to solve them in R.

Motivation for Solving Matrix-Vector Equations

The Meaning of Ax = b

Exploring WNBA Data

Matrix-Vector Equations - Some Theory

Why is a Matrix Not Invertible?

Understanding a Linear System's Three Outcomes

Understanding the Massey Matrix

Adjusting the Massey Matrix

Inverting the Massey Matrix

Solving Matrix-Vector Equations

An Analogy with Regular Algebra

2017 WNBA Ratings!

Who Was the Champion?

Other Considerations for Matrix-Vector Equations

Other Methods for Matrix-Vector Equations

Alternatives to the Regular Matrix Inverse

Matrix-Vector Equations

Matrix operations are complex. Eigenvalue/eigenvector analyses allow you
to decompose these operations into simpler ones for the sake of image recognition, genomic analysis, and more!

Intro to Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

Interpreting Scalar Multiplication

Scaling Different Axes

Definition of Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

Why "Eigen"?

Finding Eigenvalues in R

Scalar Multiplies of Eigenvectors are Eigenvectors

Computing Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors in R

How Many Eigenvalues?

Verifying the Math on Eigenvalues

Computing Eigenvectors in R

Some More on Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

Eigenvalue Ordering

Markov Models for Allele Frequencies

Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors

“Big Data” is ubiquitous in data science and its applications.  However, redundancy in these datasets can be problematic.  In this chapter, we learn about principal component analysis and how it can be used in dimension reduction.

Intro to the Idea of PCA

What Does "Big Data" Mean?

Finding Redundancies

The Linear Algebra Behind PCA

Covariance Explored

Standardizing Your Data

Variance/Covariance Calculations

Eigenanalyses of Combine Data

Where's the Variance?

Performing PCA in R

Scaling Data Before PCA

Summarizing PCA in R

Does Subsetting Change Things?

Wrap-Up

Principal Component Analysis

NFL Player dataset

WNBA Massey Matrix dataset

WNBA Point Differentials dataset

Linear algebra is one of the most important set of tools in applied mathematics and data science. In this course, you’ll learn how to work with vectors and matrices, solve matrix-vector equations, perform eigenvalue/eigenvector analyses and use principal component analysis to do dimension reduction on real-world datasets. All analyses will be performed in R, one of the world’s most-popular programming languages.

Introduction to R

This data science course is an introduction to linear algebra. Learn how to use matrix-vector equations, perform eigenvalue/eigenvector analyses and pca.



Linear Algebra for Data Science in R

This course is an introduction to linear algebra, one of the most important mathematical topics underpinning data science.


How Many Eigenvalues?

Linear Algebra for Data Science in R

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