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Sampling Bias Correction for Supervised Machine Learning: A Bayesian Inference Approach with Practical Applications

Machine Learning 2022-03-16 v2 Machine Learning

Abstract

Given a supervised machine learning problem where the training set has been subject to a known sampling bias, how can a model be trained to fit the original dataset? We achieve this through the Bayesian inference framework by altering the posterior distribution to account for the sampling function. We then apply this solution to binary logistic regression, and discuss scenarios where a dataset might be subject to intentional sample bias such as label imbalance. This technique is widely applicable for statistical inference on big data, from the medical sciences to image recognition to marketing. Familiarity with it will give the practitioner tools to improve their inference pipeline from data collection to model selection.

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@article{arxiv.2203.06239,
  title  = {Sampling Bias Correction for Supervised Machine Learning: A Bayesian Inference Approach with Practical Applications},
  author = {Max Sklar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.06239},
  year   = {2022}
}

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