Predict Taxi Fare with a BigQuery ML Forecasting Model

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This program is a self-paced lab for students who want to learn about predicting taxi fare with a BigQuery ML forecasting model. It's a non-degree program that takes place online in the Google Cloud console. The main advantage is that you can work with real data from millions of New York City yellow taxi cab trips.

The curriculum covers creating an ML model inside BigQuery to predict the fare and evaluating the performance of your model. You will get hands-on experience working with BigQuery Public Datasets and ML models. This lab helps you develop skills in data analysis and machine learning.

After completing this program, you can pursue jobs like Data Scientist, Business Analyst, or Data Engineer. You can work in industries like transportation or finance for employers like Uber or IBM.