7.3.4 - Advantages of Boosting
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What does boosting aim to achieve?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens to weak models in boosting.
Name one advantage of boosting.
💡 Hint: How does it affect the accuracy of the model?
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What does boosting aim to convert weak learners into?
💡 Hint: Remember the purpose of combining weak learners.
True or False: Boosting can lead to overfitting if not properly tuned.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens if a model learns too much from the training data.
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Discuss the impact of overfitting in boosting and suggest strategies for preventing it.
💡 Hint: Think about how you can balance model complexity and performance.
Provide a use case where boosting would outperform bagging and explain why.
💡 Hint: Consider scenarios where precision in minority classes is key.
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