Machine-Learning Foundations and Baselines
The complete concept, practice, assessment, transfer, and source-routing path is available.
Selective Reading Rule
The guide is the primary teacher. Full-book reading is not required; use the module reading guide and linked primary sources only to resolve a named question or deepen a decision.
Competency
Frame prediction and decision problems; build deterministic and statistical baselines; control leakage; select losses and metrics; interpret uncertainty.
Required Evidence
- baseline implementation
- split rationale
- metric-selection note
- error-analysis table
Completion Gate
Explain the underlying mechanism, reproduce the result from a clean environment, evaluate at least one rejected alternative, and defend the important failure modes without relying on generated prose.
Source Policy
Use official specifications, primary research, and curated local book routes selectively. The completed guide must remain the primary teacher.
Common-core reuse
The Semester 08 bridge selects six concepts and supplies SL1–SL4 for all core learners. Reuse matching evidence here; completing that bridge does not waive this module’s remaining lessons, practice or transfer.