Practice Bias-variance Trade-off (3.7.3) - Kernel & Non-Parametric Methods
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Bias-Variance Trade-Off

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does bias in a machine learning model refer to?

💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between model complexity and accuracy.

Question 2 Easy

How can variance affect a model's performance?

💡 Hint: Consider how sensitive a model is to the training data.

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Question 1

What describes bias in machine learning?

It refers to excessive model complexity.
It is the error due to oversimplification.
It is calculated from validation data only.

💡 Hint: Consider the effects of making modeling assumptions.

Question 2

True or False: A model with high variance performs equally well on training and validation datasets.

True
False

💡 Hint: Reflect on overfitting principles.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a dataset with high dimensionality, analyze how to approach reducing variance while maintaining a suitable level of bias.

💡 Hint: Focus on methods that maintain the 'essence' of the data while reducing its complexity.

Challenge 2 Hard

Propose a model evaluation strategy that incorporates bias-variance considerations across multiple datasets.

💡 Hint: Think about the importance of validation in model training.

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