The Art of Explaining Predictions

How to explain your model in a human-friendly way

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An important part of a data scientist’s role is to explain model predictions. Often, the person receiving the explanation will be non-technical. If you start talking about cost functions, hyperparameters or p-values you will be met with blank stares. We need to translate these technical concepts into layman’s terms. This…