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What is one natural application of classification techniques in finance?
What is one natural application of classification techniques in finance?
- Anomaly detection
- Feature selection
- Sentiment analysis (correct)
- Data compression
Which method is a tool used for data visualization or data pre-processing before supervised techniques are applied?
Which method is a tool used for data visualization or data pre-processing before supervised techniques are applied?
- KNN
- Self organizing maps
- Principal components analysis (correct)
- Clustering
What is a broad class of methods for discovering unknown subgroups in data?
What is a broad class of methods for discovering unknown subgroups in data?
- Feature selection
- Data compression
- Anomaly detection
- Clustering (correct)
Which type of learning does not require labeling of the data?
Which type of learning does not require labeling of the data?
What is an example of a potential application where unsupervised learning is helpful?
What is an example of a potential application where unsupervised learning is helpful?
Which technique is mentioned specifically for timing of risk premia strategies?
Which technique is mentioned specifically for timing of risk premia strategies?
What controls the number of clusters in hierarchical clustering?
What controls the number of clusters in hierarchical clustering?
What is the main difference between average and complete linkage in hierarchical clustering?
What is the main difference between average and complete linkage in hierarchical clustering?
Why is the choice of dissimilarity measure crucial in hierarchical clustering?
Why is the choice of dissimilarity measure crucial in hierarchical clustering?
What is the key consideration for drawing conclusions on similarity in hierarchical clustering?
What is the key consideration for drawing conclusions on similarity in hierarchical clustering?
Which dissimilarity measures are commonly used in hierarchical clustering?
Which dissimilarity measures are commonly used in hierarchical clustering?
What is the primary advantage of K Means clustering over hierarchical clustering?
What is the primary advantage of K Means clustering over hierarchical clustering?
How do observations fuse together in hierarchical clustering?
How do observations fuse together in hierarchical clustering?
Why is it important to visually determine the optimal number of clusters in hierarchical clustering?
Why is it important to visually determine the optimal number of clusters in hierarchical clustering?
What is a key difference between K Means and hierarchical clustering?
What is a key difference between K Means and hierarchical clustering?
What does principal component analysis (PCA) aim to capture in high-dimensional datasets?
What does principal component analysis (PCA) aim to capture in high-dimensional datasets?
What function is commonly used to measure within-cluster variation in K-means clustering?
What function is commonly used to measure within-cluster variation in K-means clustering?
In K-means clustering, what does 'closeness' between observations refer to?
In K-means clustering, what does 'closeness' between observations refer to?
What type of learning problem is clustering considered?
What type of learning problem is clustering considered?
What characteristic makes it challenging to imagine high-dimensional spaces?
What characteristic makes it challenging to imagine high-dimensional spaces?
What is the primary goal of K-means clustering?
What is the primary goal of K-means clustering?
What does hierarchical clustering visualize data using?
What does hierarchical clustering visualize data using?
In K-Means clustering, why is it important to run the algorithm several times starting from various initial random clusters?
In K-Means clustering, why is it important to run the algorithm several times starting from various initial random clusters?
What is a key advantage of hierarchical clustering over K-Means clustering?
What is a key advantage of hierarchical clustering over K-Means clustering?
What does a scree plot help determine in K-Means clustering?
What does a scree plot help determine in K-Means clustering?
Why is standardizing features before computing distance almost always recommended in K-Means clustering?
Why is standardizing features before computing distance almost always recommended in K-Means clustering?
What is agglomerative hierarchical clustering?
What is agglomerative hierarchical clustering?
What is one common application of K-Means clustering mentioned in the text?
What is one common application of K-Means clustering mentioned in the text?
What is the primary goal of principal components analysis (PCA) in unsupervised learning?
What is the primary goal of principal components analysis (PCA) in unsupervised learning?
Which technique is specifically mentioned for timing of risk premia strategies in unsupervised learning?
Which technique is specifically mentioned for timing of risk premia strategies in unsupervised learning?
What is a characteristic of unsupervised learning mentioned in the text?
What is a characteristic of unsupervised learning mentioned in the text?
What is a common application of classification techniques in finance mentioned in the text?
What is a common application of classification techniques in finance mentioned in the text?
What type of learning does not require labeling of the data, as mentioned in the text?
What type of learning does not require labeling of the data, as mentioned in the text?
What is a key advantage of hierarchical clustering over K-Means clustering, as mentioned in the text?
What is a key advantage of hierarchical clustering over K-Means clustering, as mentioned in the text?
What is a broad class of methods for discovering unknown subgroups in data, as mentioned in the text?
What is a broad class of methods for discovering unknown subgroups in data, as mentioned in the text?
What is the total number of possible representations of the tree in hierarchical clustering, considering fusion points and multiple ways of representing the fusing leaves?
What is the total number of possible representations of the tree in hierarchical clustering, considering fusion points and multiple ways of representing the fusing leaves?
In hierarchical clustering, how do observations fuse together to create nested clusters?
In hierarchical clustering, how do observations fuse together to create nested clusters?
What controls the number of clusters in hierarchical clustering?
What controls the number of clusters in hierarchical clustering?
Which dissimilarity measures are commonly used in hierarchical clustering?
Which dissimilarity measures are commonly used in hierarchical clustering?
What is a key consideration for drawing conclusions on similarity in hierarchical clustering?
What is a key consideration for drawing conclusions on similarity in hierarchical clustering?
What is the primary advantage of K Means clustering over hierarchical clustering?
What is the primary advantage of K Means clustering over hierarchical clustering?
What does hierarchical clustering visualize data using?
What does hierarchical clustering visualize data using?
Which type of learning does not require labeling of the data?
Which type of learning does not require labeling of the data?
What is one common application of K-Means clustering mentioned in the text?
What is one common application of K-Means clustering mentioned in the text?
What is the primary goal of principal component analysis (PCA) in high-dimensional datasets?
What is the primary goal of principal component analysis (PCA) in high-dimensional datasets?
What measure of distance is commonly used to define 'closeness' between observations in K-means clustering?
What measure of distance is commonly used to define 'closeness' between observations in K-means clustering?
In which type of clustering does data get visualized using a tree structure?
In which type of clustering does data get visualized using a tree structure?
Why is K-means clustering suitable for fast clustering of large datasets?
Why is K-means clustering suitable for fast clustering of large datasets?
What does the curse of dimensionality make it hard to imagine?
What does the curse of dimensionality make it hard to imagine?
What is one key characteristic of K-means clustering?
What is one key characteristic of K-means clustering?
Which type of learning problem does K-means clustering exemplify?
Which type of learning problem does K-means clustering exemplify?
What is a potential drawback of K-Means clustering?
What is a potential drawback of K-Means clustering?
What is a key advantage of hierarchical clustering over K-Means clustering?
What is a key advantage of hierarchical clustering over K-Means clustering?
What is the primary goal of running K-Means algorithm on various subsets of training data?
What is the primary goal of running K-Means algorithm on various subsets of training data?
Why is standardizing features before computing distance almost always recommended in K-Means clustering?
Why is standardizing features before computing distance almost always recommended in K-Means clustering?
What does a scree plot help determine in K-Means clustering?
What does a scree plot help determine in K-Means clustering?
What is a key consideration for drawing conclusions on similarity in hierarchical clustering?
What is a key consideration for drawing conclusions on similarity in hierarchical clustering?
What characteristic makes hierarchical clustering an effective approach for high-dimensional data?
What characteristic makes hierarchical clustering an effective approach for high-dimensional data?
Study Notes
Understanding K-Means Clustering and Hierarchical Clustering
- K-Means algorithm involves scaling the data, selecting initial cluster centers, measuring distances of data points to the centers, finding the centroids, and repeating until convergence.
- A scree plot can be used to determine the optimal number of clusters in K-Means clustering, based on the error decreasing function of the number of clusters.
- K-Means clustering can be applied to financial data, such as calculating volatility clusters based on historical time series, and can be used to compute a matrix of probabilities for transitioning between clusters.
- To ensure the best results in K-Means clustering, the algorithm should be run several times starting from various initial random clusters, and results should be compared to find the most stable clusters.
- Selecting the number of clusters K in K-Means clustering is crucial, and it requires experimentation and analyzing the results for different values of K.
- Standardizing features before computing the distance is almost always a good idea in K-Means clustering to ensure accurate results.
- Hierarchical clustering is an alternative to K-Means clustering that does not require choosing the number of clusters and creates a dendrogram representation.
- Agglomerative hierarchical clustering is the most common type, where each observation represents a leaf in a tree-like structure, and clusters are formed by merging closest points until all points are in a single cluster.
- Dendrograms in hierarchical clustering show different possible clusterings, from a single cluster to n clusters, and the process starts with each point in its own cluster and merges the closest clusters until all points are in a single cluster.
- Understanding agglomerative dendrograms involves starting from the leaves and moving up to comprehend how clusters are formed.
- K-Means clustering is sensitive to the initial choice of cluster centers, and running the algorithm on various subsets of training data can help understand the stability of clusters and if the right number of clusters has been chosen.
- K-Means clustering can be used in various scenarios, such as grouping people based on different attributes like gender and mother tongue, and experimenting with different subsets of training data to determine stable clusters.
Understanding K-Means Clustering and Hierarchical Clustering
- K-Means algorithm involves scaling the data, selecting initial cluster centers, measuring distances of data points to the centers, finding the centroids, and repeating until convergence.
- A scree plot can be used to determine the optimal number of clusters in K-Means clustering, based on the error decreasing function of the number of clusters.
- K-Means clustering can be applied to financial data, such as calculating volatility clusters based on historical time series, and can be used to compute a matrix of probabilities for transitioning between clusters.
- To ensure the best results in K-Means clustering, the algorithm should be run several times starting from various initial random clusters, and results should be compared to find the most stable clusters.
- Selecting the number of clusters K in K-Means clustering is crucial, and it requires experimentation and analyzing the results for different values of K.
- Standardizing features before computing the distance is almost always a good idea in K-Means clustering to ensure accurate results.
- Hierarchical clustering is an alternative to K-Means clustering that does not require choosing the number of clusters and creates a dendrogram representation.
- Agglomerative hierarchical clustering is the most common type, where each observation represents a leaf in a tree-like structure, and clusters are formed by merging closest points until all points are in a single cluster.
- Dendrograms in hierarchical clustering show different possible clusterings, from a single cluster to n clusters, and the process starts with each point in its own cluster and merges the closest clusters until all points are in a single cluster.
- Understanding agglomerative dendrograms involves starting from the leaves and moving up to comprehend how clusters are formed.
- K-Means clustering is sensitive to the initial choice of cluster centers, and running the algorithm on various subsets of training data can help understand the stability of clusters and if the right number of clusters has been chosen.
- K-Means clustering can be used in various scenarios, such as grouping people based on different attributes like gender and mother tongue, and experimenting with different subsets of training data to determine stable clusters.
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Learn about the K-means clustering algorithm and its steps, including scaling the data, selecting initial centers, and measuring distances to assign data points to clusters.
