Variance Reduction Techniques

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What does sampling with replacement produce, according to the text?

  • Static data
  • I.I.D. data (correct)
  • Dependent data
  • Random data

What guarantees the following asymptotic result in the context of bagging?

  • The law of large numbers (correct)
  • The law of small probabilities
  • The central limit theorem
  • The principle of maximum likelihood

In practice, what does bagging effectively reduce?

  • Training time
  • Variance (correct)
  • Bias
  • Model complexity

What is a key advantage of using bagging, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Reduces variance for high variance classifiers/regressors (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is required for an unbiased classifier to produce the correct solution?

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

Which type of data does bagging work effectively with?

<p>Independent and identically distributed data (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does bagging reduce without increasing for an unbiased classifier?

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

What type of classifiers/regressors benefit from variance reduction through bagging?

<p>High variance classifiers/regressors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'Bagging' stands for:

<p>'Bootstrapping Aggregating' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

'I.I.D.' stands for:

<p>'Independent and Identically Distributed' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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