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Which type of learning aims to build a model that can make accurate predictions on new, unseen data?
Which type of learning aims to build a model that can make accurate predictions on new, unseen data?
- Supervised learning (correct)
- Reinforcement learning
- Semi-supervised learning
- Unsupervised learning
What do we call the data that we use to evaluate the model's ability to generalize?
What do we call the data that we use to evaluate the model's ability to generalize?
- Test data (correct)
- Supervised data
- Training data
- Unseen data
What do we mean when we say a model is able to generalize?
What do we mean when we say a model is able to generalize?
- The model can make accurate predictions on unseen data (correct)
- The model can only make predictions on the training data
- The model can memorize the training data
- The model is unable to make predictions
Which scenario can lead to a model being accurate on the training set but not on the test set?
Which scenario can lead to a model being accurate on the training set but not on the test set?
What is the goal of the novice data scientist in the example?
What is the goal of the novice data scientist in the example?
What can be a potential problem if the training and test sets do not have enough in common?
What can be a potential problem if the training and test sets do not have enough in common?
What is the purpose of including records of customers who are not interested in buying a boat in the example?
What is the purpose of including records of customers who are not interested in buying a boat in the example?
What is the main reason for building a model that can make accurate predictions on the training set?
What is the main reason for building a model that can make accurate predictions on the training set?