Model Evaluation in Data Mining and Application
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What is the purpose of importing seaborn, pandas, numpy, and matplotlib.pyplot?

  • To apply the K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm
  • To create visualizations (correct)
  • To encode categorical variables
  • To perform data preprocessing

What is the role of 'neighbors' from the sklearn library in the context of the K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm?

  • It is used to preprocess the dataset
  • It is used to calculate the distance between data points
  • It is used to find the optimal number of neighbors
  • It is used to fit the K-Nearest Neighbor model (correct)

What is the main role of LabelEncoder from sklearn.preprocessing in the context of the K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm?

  • To normalize the input data
  • To encode categorical variables into numerical values (correct)
  • To standardize the input data
  • To handle missing values in the dataset

What is the primary purpose of the code 'from sklearn import neighbors' in the given context?

<p>To import a module for K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of using the K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm in data mining?

<p>It is robust to noisy data (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what scenario would the use of K-Nearest Neighbor algorithm be most effective?

<p>When there are less training instances compared to features (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the format of the 'sepal_length' column in the dataframe?

<p>Numeric (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which column comes after 'petal_width' in the dataframe?

<p>species (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the value in the 'sepal_width' column for the second row in the dataframe?

<p>3.8 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following species is present in the dataframe?

<p>virginica (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the maximum value in the 'petal_length' column of the dataframe?

<p>6.9 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the minimum value in the 'sepal_width' column of the dataframe?

<p>2.6 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many rows are there in the dataframe?

<p>6 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mean value of the 'sepal_length' column in the dataframe?

<p>~6.1 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the median value of the 'petal_width' column in the dataframe?

<p>~1.5 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes model evaluation?

<p>The process of using evaluation metrics to understand a machine learning model's performance. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of model evaluation, what is the primary role of model monitoring?

<p>Identifying areas of improvement for the model over time. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main significance of model evaluation during initial research phases?

<p>To assess the efficacy and performance of the machine learning model. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the key types of machine learning methods that are relevant to model evaluation?

<p>Supervised and unsupervised learning. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of supervised learning, what is the difference between classification and regression models?

<p>The type of output they produce. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What role does evaluation metrics play in understanding a machine learning model's performance?

<p>They assess the efficacy and strengths of the model. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the potential issue with the claim of achieving 99.83% accuracy in a model for classifying fraudulent transactions?

<p>The model may have overfit the training data (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the implication of using a large percentage of data for training in holdout validation?

<p>Increased risk of overfitting (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of dividing a dataset into train and test datasets in holdout validation?

<p>To evaluate the model's performance on unseen data (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the given context, what is the potential drawback of using a very high k value in the K-Nearest Neighbors algorithm?

<p>Increased risk of underfitting (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential challenge when evaluating the effectiveness of K-Nearest Neighbors for classifying transaction fraud?

<p>Imbalance in the class distribution (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential limitation of using holdout validation with a 90:10 split ratio?

<p>Unreliable estimation of model performance (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What could be an issue if the 'sepal_length' and 'sepal_width' features have significantly different scales in a K-Nearest Neighbors model?

<p>The distance metric may be dominated by 'sepal_width' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential reason why K-Nearest Neighbors might perform poorly in high-dimensional feature spaces?

<p>'Curse of dimensionality' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential drawback of using K-Nearest Neighbors for imbalanced datasets?

<p>'Majority class bias' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

If a dataset has redundant features, what impact might this have on K-Nearest Neighbors performance?

<p>'Increased sensitivity to noise' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why might K-Nearest Neighbors struggle to handle categorical variables effectively?

<p>'Lack of numerical representation' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In what scenario could using a high k value in K-Nearest Neighbors be beneficial?

<p>When handling low-dimensional feature spaces (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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