Final Model Build

Topics

This week’s assignments will guide you through the following topics:

• Finalizing your XGBoost model using the heart dataset
• Preparing for discussion next week on ethics of mobility data collection and use

Reading

Please read the following:

• Read Unique in the Crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility

Replication task

• Finalize your model, including all necessary documentation and commenting
• Make sure that you’ve cleaned the data, trained the model, tuned hyperparameters, and selected a subset of features for your final model

Tasks

Complete the following tasks:

• Start working on preparation materials for Q2
• Read the paper listed above

Weekly Questions

Answer the following questions

• What are some benefits and consequences of widespread passive data collection via mobile devices?
• Do you think it’s ethical for data collection to require an opt-out (vs. an explicit opt-in)?