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EDA with polynominal data

DCRAUS
DCRAUS Member Posts: 3 image Learner I
Issue

I have a medical insurance premiums csv to work with.

Smoker, non smoker, age, BMI, and while I can work out how to use smoker yes/ no in a regression analysis or EDA.

Any help available?

t.me/DCRAUS

Thanks good people,

David Robertson

Answers

  • Telcontar120
    Telcontar120 RapidMiner Certified Analyst, RapidMiner Certified Expert, Member Posts: 1,635 image Unicorn
    It's hard to say without seeing the data, but you might want to look at a simple non-linear classifier model like Naive Bayes or Decision Tree as a starting point.  They can often give very good results for more limited datasets like the one you describe.
    Brian T.
    Lindon Ventures 
    Data Science Consulting from Certified RapidMiner Experts