Car Price Prediction with Machine Learning
Apr 15, 2026
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1 min read

An end-to-end machine learning regression pipeline that predicts car prices from vehicle specifications, structured to answer one question: does a manual ML workflow outperform an automated one? The Kaggle CarPrice dataset is processed through three phases: manual feature engineering with hand-picked models (Linear Regression, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting), automated model selection via PyCaret, and interpretation through both white-box methods (Linear Regression coefficients, Decision Tree splits) and black-box methods (SHAP, LIME).
Built locally in VS Code as part of Masterschool’s AI Enhanced Productivity project series, which explores how automation tools shape analytical productivity across different ML problem types.

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Data & Operations Analyst
Data and operations analyst pairing a law degree with over 15 years’ experience and full-time data analytics training. I find the steps and costs that should not exist and remove them.
Remote and async since 2015, across US and EU time zones
English (C2) · Afrikaans (native) · German (B1/B2)
Remote and async since 2015, across US and EU time zones
English (C2) · Afrikaans (native) · German (B1/B2)