Data Science Performance Metrics for Everyone
Data Science Performance Metrics for Everyone Accuracy, recall, precision, sensitivity, specificity, … — data scientists use so many performance metrics! How do you explain all of them to audiences with non-technical backgrounds? As a data scientist, I find it both challenging, fun, and critical to my job to describe these concepts to everyone. This blog post will explain many performance metrics using common language and pictures so everyone at your company can understand them. Recently, I developed a machine learning model to predict which patients on dialysis will be admitted to the hospital in the next week. This model has received lots of attention in my company (Fresenius Medical Care North America), so I have presented the details of this model to a wide range of audiences including data scientists, data analysts, nurses, physicians, and even the C-suite. From experience, I have learned that everyone interprets ‘accuracy’ differently, so I have to be very careful to explain pe