Practice Model Selection: Choosing the Number of Components - 5.6 | 5. Latent Variable & Mixture Models | Advance Machine Learning
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What does AIC stand for?

πŸ’‘ Hint: What is the full name of AIC?

Question 2

Easy

True or False: Lower values of BIC indicate a better model.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember what BIC assesses.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What is one reason we select the number of components K in a mixture model?

  • To avoid overfitting
  • To increase complexity
  • To ensure uniform distribution

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what happens when a model is too complex.

Question 2

Is AIC related to model complexity?

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how AIC factors in the number of parameters.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

A researcher tests various K values from 2 to 10 for a dataset of 150 samples. After calculating AIC and BIC, they observe that both criteria favor K=5. Discuss why this validation is important.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what each criterion is indicating.

Question 2

Given two models with the following AIC values: Model 1 (K=3, AIC=300) and Model 2 (K=4, AIC=295), interpret these in terms of model selection.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the implications of AIC regarding trade-offs.

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