Explore KSACs by Pathway
Explore Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Credentials (KSACs) by IT Pathway.
2. Machine Learning Models & Algorithms
Label | KSAC Description | Bloom's Taxonomy Level | Cross-Cutting | |
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a | Define key terms of machine learning, including natural language processing - | knowledge | 1 | |
b | Explain the difference between classification and regression problems | knowledge | 2 | |
c | Explain the difference between clustering and association problems | knowledge | 2 | |
d | Explain the difference between supervised and unsupervised machine learning, including the limitations of each | knowledge | 2 | |
e | Explain at least three key supervised learning methods. For example, linear/logistic regression, decision trees, random forest, boosted trees, support vector machines, and neural networks | knowledge | 2 | |
f | Explain major deep learning architectures (e.g., multilayer perceptron, feed forward network, CNN, RNN, LSTM, etc.) and when each is best applied | knowledge | 2 | |
g | Explain key unsupervised learning methods, including k-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, association rules, and principal components analysis | knowledge | 2 | |
h | Identify and recognize the clusters of common machine learning applications and limitations | knowledge | 2 | |
i | Identify and recognize use cases to common machine learning applications | knowledge | 2 | |
j | Understand the prerequisites and success criteria for machine learning | knowledge | 2 | |
k | Explain the differences between basic learning algorithms and their applications | knowledge | 2 | |
l | Explain the role and importance of model validation and accuracy metrics in analytics projects, hypothesis testing, and information retrieval | knowledge | 2 | |
m | Explain efforts to make comples machine learning algorithms more explainable, such as Shapley values and/or LIME | knowledge | 2 | |
n | Identify pros and cons of different machine learning algorithms | knowledge | 2 | |
o | Implement, train, and validate a neural network- | skill | 3 |