Recommendation Engine - Basics
Completed by Paola Alba
January 29, 2026
2 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Explain how recommendation systems use collaborative filtering to generate personalized movie recommendations.
Prepare datasets and configure a Python environment using Anaconda and the Surprise library.
Construct and validate a movie recommendation model using cross-validation with RMSE and MAE.
Apply Python functions to generate and interpret personalized movie predictions from user data.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Data Modeling
- Category: Data Validation

