Supervised Learning Classification: Decision Trees & Model Evaluation

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What task involves learning a target function that maps attribute sets to predefined class labels?

Association

Regression

Clustering

Classification (correct)

Which of the following is an example of a classification task?

Clustering customer preferences

Detecting fraudulent credit card transactions (correct)

Sorting unlabeled data points

Predicting stock prices

What should a learning algorithm ideally produce in a supervised learning task?

Class labels for new instances (correct)

Model evaluation metrics

Feature importance scores

Data visualization plots

In the context of model evaluation, what is a common metric used to assess the performance of classification models?

Accuracy Signup and view all the answers

What technique involves constructing a tree-like structure to represent decisions and possible outcomes for a classification task?

Decision Trees Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes descriptive modeling in the context of classification tasks?

Summarizing patterns in the data without making predictions Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of predictive modeling techniques in data mining?

To identify the best model that fits the relationship between the attribute set and the class label of the input data Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT one of the classification techniques mentioned in the text?

Logistic Regression Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of computing the Gini Index when dealing with continuous attributes in a decision tree?

To determine the best splitting value for the attribute Signup and view all the answers

What is the main issue with the simple method of computing the Gini Index for each possible splitting value of a continuous attribute?

It is computationally inefficient due to repetition of work Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a key characteristic of the classification techniques mentioned in the text?

They all apply a learning algorithm to identify the model that best fits the relationship between the attribute set and the class label Signup and view all the answers

What is the main purpose of evaluating classification models in data mining?

To assess the performance of the model in predicting the class label of unknown records Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a confusion matrix in evaluating a classification model?

To assess the predictive capability of the model Signup and view all the answers

Why can accuracy be a misleading metric for evaluating classification models in imbalanced datasets?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of a cost matrix in classification?

To assign different costs to different types of misclassification errors Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following metrics is biased towards both true positives and false positives?

Precision Signup and view all the answers

In the context of decision trees, what is the purpose of calculating the entropy measure?

To determine the purity of a node in the tree Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following techniques is used to estimate the performance of a model on unseen data?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of stratified sampling in the context of model evaluation?

To ensure that the class distribution in the training and testing sets is similar to the original dataset Signup and view all the answers

In the context of supervised learning, what is the purpose of the training set?

To learn the parameters of the model from labeled examples Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a technique used to handle class imbalance in datasets?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the F-measure in evaluating classification models?

To provide a single metric that balances precision and recall Signup and view all the answers

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What task involves learning a target function that maps attribute sets to predefined class labels?

Which of the following is an example of a classification task?

What should a learning algorithm ideally produce in a supervised learning task?

In the context of model evaluation, what is a common metric used to assess the performance of classification models?

What technique involves constructing a tree-like structure to represent decisions and possible outcomes for a classification task?

Which of the following best describes descriptive modeling in the context of classification tasks?

What is the main purpose of predictive modeling techniques in data mining?

Which of the following is NOT one of the classification techniques mentioned in the text?

What is the purpose of computing the Gini Index when dealing with continuous attributes in a decision tree?

What is the main issue with the simple method of computing the Gini Index for each possible splitting value of a continuous attribute?

Which of the following is a key characteristic of the classification techniques mentioned in the text?

What is the main purpose of evaluating classification models in data mining?

What is the purpose of a confusion matrix in evaluating a classification model?

Why can accuracy be a misleading metric for evaluating classification models in imbalanced datasets?

What is the purpose of a cost matrix in classification?

Which of the following metrics is biased towards both true positives and false positives?

In the context of decision trees, what is the purpose of calculating the entropy measure?

Which of the following techniques is used to estimate the performance of a model on unseen data?

What is the purpose of stratified sampling in the context of model evaluation?

In the context of supervised learning, what is the purpose of the training set?

Which of the following is a technique used to handle class imbalance in datasets?

What is the purpose of the F-measure in evaluating classification models?

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Questions and Answers

What task involves learning a target function that maps attribute sets to predefined class labels?

Which of the following is an example of a classification task?

What should a learning algorithm ideally produce in a supervised learning task?

In the context of model evaluation, what is a common metric used to assess the performance of classification models?

What technique involves constructing a tree-like structure to represent decisions and possible outcomes for a classification task?

Which of the following best describes descriptive modeling in the context of classification tasks?

What is the main purpose of predictive modeling techniques in data mining?

Which of the following is NOT one of the classification techniques mentioned in the text?

What is the purpose of computing the Gini Index when dealing with continuous attributes in a decision tree?

What is the main issue with the simple method of computing the Gini Index for each possible splitting value of a continuous attribute?

Which of the following is a key characteristic of the classification techniques mentioned in the text?

What is the main purpose of evaluating classification models in data mining?

What is the purpose of a confusion matrix in evaluating a classification model?

Why can accuracy be a misleading metric for evaluating classification models in imbalanced datasets?

What is the purpose of a cost matrix in classification?

Which of the following metrics is biased towards both true positives and false positives?

In the context of decision trees, what is the purpose of calculating the entropy measure?

Which of the following techniques is used to estimate the performance of a model on unseen data?

What is the purpose of stratified sampling in the context of model evaluation?

In the context of supervised learning, what is the purpose of the training set?

Which of the following is a technique used to handle class imbalance in datasets?

What is the purpose of the F-measure in evaluating classification models?

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