Types of Supervised Learning: Classification and Regression

Question 1

Which of these machine learning approaches is NOT a type of supervised learning?

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Clustering

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Classification

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Regression

Question 2

What is the primary goal of classification in supervised learning?

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To predict the class or category of a data point

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To predict the value of a continuous variable

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To identify patterns in data

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To reduce the dimensionality of data

Question 3

Which of the following regression algorithms is commonly used for predicting continuous values?

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Linear regression

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Logistic regression

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Support Vector Machines

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Decision trees

Question 4

What is the key difference between supervised and unsupervised learning?

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Supervised learning uses labeled data, while unsupervised learning does not

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Supervised learning involves training a model, while unsupervised learning does not

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Supervised learning is used for classification, while unsupervised learning is used for regression

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Supervised learning requires a large dataset, while unsupervised learning does not

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of a multi-class classification problem?

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Classifying emails as spam, not spam, or promotional

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Predicting the price of a house

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Predicting the weather conditions for tomorrow

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Clustering customers into different segments

Question 6

What is the role of a cost function in supervised learning?

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To evaluate the performance of a model on the training data

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To select the best features for the model

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To train the model on the training data

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To prevent overfitting

Question 7

What is the process of dividing a dataset into training and testing sets called?

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Data splitting

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Feature engineering

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Model selection

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Hyperparameter tuning

Question 8

Which supervised learning algorithm is designed to predict continuous numerical values?

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Linear Regression

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K-Nearest Neighbors

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Decision Tree

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Logistic Regression

Question 9

Which of the following is the primary distinction between classification and regression in supervised learning?

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Classification predicts discrete categorical outcomes, while regression predicts continuous numerical outcomes.

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Classification uses structured data, while regression uses unstructured data.

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Classification is suitable for binary outcomes, while regression is suitable for multi-class outcomes.

Question 10

For a problem involving predicting whether an email is spam or not, which type of supervised learning should be employed?

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Classification

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Clustering

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Dimensionality Reduction

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Regression

Question 11

What is the primary purpose of a confusion matrix?

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To visualize the performance of a classification model by comparing predicted and actual outcomes.

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To determine the optimal number of features for a model.

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To calculate the mean absolute error of a regression model.

Question 12

What is the fundamental difference between a training set and a test set in supervised learning?

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The training set is used to train the model, while the test set is used to evaluate its performance on unseen data.

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The test set is used to train the model, while the training set is used to evaluate its performance.

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The training set is smaller than the test set.

Question 13

Which of the following is a key advantage of supervised learning?

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Ability to learn from labeled data, allowing models to make predictions for new, unseen data.

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It can handle extremely large datasets efficiently.

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It can make predictions without the need for any training data.

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It always outperforms unsupervised learning methods.

Question 14

What is the fundamental objective of supervised learning?

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To learn a mapping function from input features to desired output labels based on labeled training data.

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To identify natural clusters or groups within a dataset.

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To reduce the dimensionality of a dataset for more efficient storage and processing.

Question 15

Which of the following is a commonly used regression model?

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Linear regression

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Naive Bayes

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Support Vector Machine

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K-Means Clustering

Question 16

In supervised learning, what is the primary goal of classification?

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To predict the category that a data point belongs to

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To identify hidden patterns in unlabeled data

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To predict the continuous value of a target variable

Question 17

Which type of supervised learning is utilized to predict a continuous target variable?

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Regression

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Classification

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Anomaly detection

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Clustering

Question 18

In regression, the target variable is typically represented as:

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A continuous value

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A categorical value

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A binary value

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a type of regression model?

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Logistic regression

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Polynomial regression

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Linear regression

Question 20

What is a key difference between classification and regression?

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Classification predicts categories, while regression predicts continuous values

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Classification models are always more accurate than regression models

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Classification uses only categorical features, while regression can use both categorical and continuous features

Question 21

Provide an example of a classification problem:

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Predicting whether an email is spam or not

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Predicting the price of a stock

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Predicting the temperature tomorrow

Question 22

Which type of supervised learning is used when the target variable can take on a limited number of discrete values?

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Classification

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Dimensionality reduction

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Regression

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Clustering

Question 23

Which of the following is a commonly used algorithm for classification tasks?

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Logistic regression

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K-means clustering

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Linear regression

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Principal component analysis

Question 24

Which type of supervised learning is used when the target variable is a continuous value?

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Regression

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Clustering

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Classification

Question 25

Which of the following is a common algorithm used for regression tasks?

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Linear regression

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K-means clustering

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Logistic regression

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Principal component analysis

Question 26

What is the fundamental difference between supervised and unsupervised learning?

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Supervised learning uses labeled data, while unsupervised learning does not.

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Supervised learning is more accurate than unsupervised learning.

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Supervised learning is used for classification tasks, while unsupervised learning is used for regression tasks.

Question 27

What is the primary objective of supervised learning?

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To learn a mapping from input features to output labels.

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To reduce the dimensionality of data.

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To find patterns in data.

Question 28

Which type of supervised learning involves predicting a continuous numerical value as the output?

Accepted Answer

Regression

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Dimensionality Reduction

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Classification

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Clustering

Question 29

Which supervised learning algorithm is NOT primarily used for classification tasks?

Accepted Answer

Linear Regression

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Logistic Regression

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Decision Tree

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Support Vector Machine

Question 30

In supervised learning, which type of task involves predicting the probability of an event happening?

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Classification

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Regression

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Dimensionality Reduction

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Clustering

Question 31

Which metric is commonly used to measure the overall accuracy of classification models?

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Accuracy

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Root Mean Square Error

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Mean Squared Error

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R-squared

Question 32

What is the primary distinction between regression and classification models in supervised learning?

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Regression models predict continuous values while classification models predict discrete labels.

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Classification models require labeled data while regression models do not.

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Regression models are more complex than classification models.

Question 33

Which type of supervised learning method aims to group data points into meaningful clusters?

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Clustering

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Dimensionality Reduction

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Classification

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Regression

Question 34

Which algorithm is widely used for dimensionality reduction in supervised learning?

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Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

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Support Vector Machine

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Linear Regression

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K-Means Clustering

Question 35

Which advantage is associated with dimensionality reduction techniques?

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Improvement in model efficiency and interpretability

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Reduced model accuracy

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Increased computational cost

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Increased data complexity

Question 36

Predicting the price of a house based on its features (size, location, number of bedrooms) is best suited for which type of supervised learning?

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Regression

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Classification

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Reinforcement Learning

Question 37

A spam filter that labels emails as 'spam' or 'not spam' uses which type of supervised learning?

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Classification

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Regression

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Reinforcement Learning

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Unsupervised Learning

Question 38

What is the primary difference between classification and regression in supervised learning?

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Classification predicts categories, while regression predicts continuous values.

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Classification is more complex than regression.

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Classification uses labeled data, while regression uses unlabeled data.

Question 39

A model predicting whether a customer will click on an ad is an example of:

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Binary Classification

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Clustering

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Regression

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Multi-class Classification

Question 40

In supervised learning, what is the primary purpose of the training data?

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To teach the model the relationship between input features and output labels.

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To identify patterns in the data.

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To evaluate the performance of the model.

Question 41

A model predicting the genre of a movie based on its description is an example of:

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Multi-class Classification

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Clustering

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Regression

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Binary Classification

Question 42

Which of these is a commonly used evaluation metric for classification problems?

Accepted Answer

Accuracy

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Root Mean Squared Error

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Mean Squared Error

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R-squared

Question 43

What is a primary advantage of supervised learning over unsupervised learning?

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Supervised learning provides a clear target for the model to learn, leading to more accurate predictions.

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Supervised learning requires less data than unsupervised learning.

Question 44

Which type of supervised learning involves predicting a continuous value?

Accepted Answer

Regression

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Classification

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Clustering

Question 45

What is the key difference between classification and regression problems?

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Classification predicts a discrete label while regression predicts a continuous value.

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Classification is for binary problems, while regression is for multi-class problems.

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Classification uses categorical features, while regression uses numerical features.

Question 46

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

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Predicting the type of animal based on its features.

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Predicting the age of a person based on their medical history.

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Predicting the stock market's closing value.

Question 47

Which metric is commonly used to evaluate the performance of a regression model?

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Mean Absolute Error (MAE)

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F1-score

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Accuracy

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Recall

Question 48

What is an advantage of using linear regression over more complex models?

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Interpretability and simplicity

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Fewer features required

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Better performance on large datasets

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Higher accuracy

Question 49

What is the main purpose of decision tree algorithms in classification?

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To divide the data into subsets based on feature values

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To automatically select the most relevant features

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To find the optimal linear combination of features

Question 50

Which of the following is a common ensemble method used for supervised learning?

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Random Forest

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Principal Component Analysis

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Support Vector Machine

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K-Means Clustering

Question 51

What is the advantage of using a support vector machine (SVM) for classification?

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Ability to handle high-dimensional data and non-linear relationships

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Lower memory requirements

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Faster training time compared to other algorithms