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What is the primary goal of supervised learning?
What is the primary goal of supervised learning?
Which of the following best describes a feature in supervised learning?
Which of the following best describes a feature in supervised learning?
In the context of Decision Trees, what does each internal node represent?
In the context of Decision Trees, what does each internal node represent?
How does a Decision Tree learn from the dataset?
How does a Decision Tree learn from the dataset?
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What is a leaf node in a Decision Tree?
What is a leaf node in a Decision Tree?
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Which of the following statements about Decision Trees is true?
Which of the following statements about Decision Trees is true?
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What is the role of the stopping criteria in Decision Tree learning?
What is the role of the stopping criteria in Decision Tree learning?
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Which method is used for data division in Decision Trees?
Which method is used for data division in Decision Trees?
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What is the main purpose of threshold values in decision trees?
What is the main purpose of threshold values in decision trees?
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Which strategy is commonly used by decision trees for splitting data?
Which strategy is commonly used by decision trees for splitting data?
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What factor contributes to the computational complexity of creating a decision tree?
What factor contributes to the computational complexity of creating a decision tree?
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What could happen if a decision tree splits the data based on individual samples?
What could happen if a decision tree splits the data based on individual samples?
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How does the decision tree predict whether a dog will eat a specific food item?
How does the decision tree predict whether a dog will eat a specific food item?
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What does recursive splitting imply in decision tree learning?
What does recursive splitting imply in decision tree learning?
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Which component is NOT a key concept in the decision tree methodology?
Which component is NOT a key concept in the decision tree methodology?
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Why might limiting the number of thresholds improve computation in decision trees?
Why might limiting the number of thresholds improve computation in decision trees?
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What is a consequence of using a greedy algorithm in decision tree learning?
What is a consequence of using a greedy algorithm in decision tree learning?
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What role do nodes play in a decision tree?
What role do nodes play in a decision tree?
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Study Notes
Supervised Learning
- Supervised learning uses labeled data (features and labels) to train a model that predicts labels for new features.
- Data is structured with features (input) and corresponding labels (target).
- Example: Dog food preference – ingredients are features, eating/not eating is the label.
- Goal: Determine the relationship between features and labels to accurately predict labels for unseen data.
Decision Trees
- Decision trees are supervised learning algorithms for classification and regression.
- Tree-like structure with internal nodes (feature tests), branches (outcomes), and leaf nodes (class labels).
- Repeatedly divide data into homogenous subsets until a stopping criterion is met (i.e., all the samples in the subset have the same label).
- Flexible and adaptable; user customizable, depending on the application.
- Types depend on different criteria(feature types, threshold values, stopping criteria).
Decision Tree Learning
- Aims to find the best way to divide data based on features and labels, for accurate prediction.
- Several splitting rules exist:
- Equal distribution of samples among splits
- Splits maximizing accuracy
- Splits making a single sample in one side, everything else in the other side (could lead to overly complex trees).
- Threshold values define the splitting criteria.
- Learning process involves identifying the best decision tree for the training data.
- Uses a greedy recursive splitting strategy, making locally optimal choices at each step but not guaranteeing a globally optimal solution. Recursive means the process is repeated on the split subsets.
- Computational complexity is proportional to the number of samples (n), feature types (d), and thresholds (k). Computation can be reduced by randomly selecting feature types and limiting thresholds.
- Each split node involves many possible combinations of thresholds, resulting in a need to consider multiple splitting criteria.
Example (Dog Food)
- Features: Ingredients (peanut, fish, meat, wheat, water, egg, milk).
- Labels: Dog eats (1) or not (0).
- Data: Different ingredient combinations and corresponding labels.
- Decision Tree: Aims to find the best split rules for accurately predicting whether or not a dog will eat a given food based on its ingredients.
- Example splits:
- First split might be based on meat content (over/under a threshold).
- Subsequent splits could then consider other factors based on which data samples went to which branches.
Key Concepts
- Features: Input attributes.
- Labels: Target variable.
- Splitting: Dividing data into smaller sets.
- Nodes: Decision points based on feature values.
- Threshold: Value influencing splits.
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Description
This quiz covers the fundamentals of supervised learning, focusing on the use of labeled data to train models. It also delves into decision trees as a primary algorithm for classification and regression, exploring their structure and functionality. Test your knowledge on how these concepts apply to real-world scenarios.
