Practice Standardization (Z-score Scaling) - 5.8.2 | Data Cleaning and Preprocessing | Data Science Basic
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is the formula for calculating the Z-score?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember to consider how both mean and standard deviation are involved.

Question 2

Easy

Why is standardization important?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about different scales of data.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does standardization do to a dataset?

  • Convert all data to a common scale
  • Remove outliers
  • Change categorical data to numerical

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the concept of mean and deviation.

Question 2

True or False: Standardization is necessary for all types of data.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider cases where features are homogeneous.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Suppose you have a dataset with weight, height, and age of individuals. Explain how you would prepare this dataset for a clustering algorithm using Z-score scaling.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how different measurements affect clustering.

Question 2

You are given a choice between normalization and standardization for a dataset heavily skewed by outliers. Which method would you choose and why?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Recall the effect of outliers on each method.

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