A neuron is a single node within a neural network. By analogy with neurons within the brain we can think of a neuron “firing” in response to an input trigger, and we can think of machine learning as the process of training the neuron to recognise that input trigger.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Text Processing Workflow
In my previous post I introduced the sample data table Pet Survey. I created a column formula to classify each respondent to determine whether they owned a cat, a dog, or both. In this simple example, there were signs of the problems that arise when processing unstructured text data. My classification of “dog” missed out responses referring to huskies; my classification of “cat” incorrectly included references to cattle. I looked at the Text Explorer platform and focused on the output contained in the lists of terms and phrases. In this post I want to focus on workflow: using the functionality within Text Explorer platform to gain meaningful insights into my data, and to answer specific questions.
Text Processing
In this post I will walk through some of the common tasks that are undertaken when we process unstructured text-based data. This will also give me the opportunity to introduce the terminology associated with text processing.
Text – The New Data
Traditionally statistical methods have focused on the use of numerical data, perhaps partitioned by classification data. A classic example of this would be oneway analysis of variance, or linear multiple regression containing classification variables that had been internally coded as integer values.
Handling Column References
JSL is often described as a scripting language. Personally I think that doesn’t do it justice. I prefer to think of it as a programming language. The difference? For me an obvious difference is that instead of using hard-coded values I want to use variables. In particular I want to use variables to handle column references.
JSL Cookbook
It’s been a while – so, since it’s Friday, here is a collection of Friday’s Functions … some of my favourite user-defined functions.
The JMP website has introduced a similar theme, JSL Cookbook, so probably I will change the tag associated with these posts to be JSL Cookbook instead of Friday’s Functions.