.2.6.2 - Treatment Options
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What are outliers?
💡 Hint: Think about extreme values in data.
Give one method to handle outliers.
💡 Hint: What can we do with data points that are much higher or lower?
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What is an outlier?
💡 Hint: Think about what makes a data point unusual.
True or False: Removing outliers is always the best method of handling them.
💡 Hint: Consider the implications of losing data.
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A dataset containing house prices shows a few extremely high values due to luxury homes. Discuss how you would address these outliers and justify your approach.
💡 Hint: Consider how the outliers influence the overall predictions.
If a linear regression model's results skew due to an outlier, what steps can you take during preprocessing to ensure better outcomes? Provide specific transformation methods you would apply.
💡 Hint: Think about how we rescale data to handle skew.
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