Unsupervised Learning Fundamentals

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What is the primary goal of unsupervised learning?

  • To correct errors in labeled data.
  • To predict a specific outcome.
  • To classify data into predefined categories.
  • To find patterns and structures in data. (correct)

Which of the following machine learning tasks is considered supervised learning?

  • Association Rule Learning
  • Dimensionality Reduction
  • Regression (correct)
  • Clustering

What type of data is typically used in unsupervised learning?

  • Labeled data
  • Categorical data
  • Unlabeled data (correct)
  • Sequential data

Which of these algorithms is commonly used for dimensionality reduction?

<p>Principal Component Analysis (PCA) (A)</p>
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What is the purpose of clustering?

<p>To group similar data points together. (A)</p>
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Which of the following is an example of a clustering algorithm?

<p>K-Means (A)</p>
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What is the goal of association rule learning?

<p>To discover relationships between variables. (C)</p>
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Which of these algorithms can be used for association rule learning?

<p>Apriori (C)</p>
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In the context of unsupervised learning, what does 'dimensionality reduction' aim to do?

<p>Simplify data by reducing the number of variables. (A)</p>
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What is a common application of clustering?

<p>Customer segmentation (B)</p>
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Which of the following is a key benefit of using unsupervised learning?

<p>It eliminates the need for labeled data. (B)</p>
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What is the first step in the K-Means clustering algorithm?

<p>Randomly initialize cluster centers. (D)</p>
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In association rule mining, what does 'support' measure?

<p>The frequency of an itemset in a dataset. (A)</p>
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Which of the following is a common application of dimensionality reduction?

<p>Improving model interpretability (D)</p>
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What type of problems is Principal Component Analysis (PCA) primarily used for?

<p>Dimensionality Reduction (C)</p>
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Which unsupervised learning technique is used to find relationships between items in a dataset?

<p>Association Rule Learning (A)</p>
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What is the purpose of the 'elbow method' in K-Means clustering?

<p>To determine the optimal number of clusters (C)</p>
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What does a high 'confidence' score indicate in association rule learning?

<p>The rule is highly accurate when it applies. (C)</p>
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Which of the following is a typical application of association rule learning?

<p>Market basket analysis (D)</p>
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In dimensionality reduction, what is the primary goal when choosing which features to keep?

<p>To preserve as much variance as possible (B)</p>
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