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sir what is the difference between a predictor and an estimators in scikit learn

Open Samrat666 opened this issue 5 years ago • 2 comments

Sir, could you please specify the difference between estimator and predictors in scikit learn which u elaborated in your book on page no. 61-62

Samrat666 avatar Jan 15 '20 11:01 Samrat666

The difference between an estimator and predictors are that an estimator uses data to guess at a parameter while a predictor uses the data to guess at some random value that is not part of the dataset.

GiaGoswami avatar Sep 28 '20 20:09 GiaGoswami

Hopefully this helps.

GiaGoswami avatar Sep 28 '20 20:09 GiaGoswami