Practice Performance Analysis Of Insertion Sort (17.2.5) - Insertion Sort
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Performance Analysis of Insertion Sort

Practice - Performance Analysis of Insertion Sort

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Question 1 Easy

What is insertion sort?

💡 Hint: Think about how you might organize playing cards.

Question 2 Easy

What is the worst-case time complexity of insertion sort?

💡 Hint: Consider how many comparisons are needed in this case.

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Question 1

What is the time complexity of insertion sort in the worst case?

O(n)
O(n log n)
O(n²)

💡 Hint: Consider a completely disordered list.

Question 2

True or False: Insertion sort works best with larger, unsorted datasets.

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall its performance characteristics.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given an unsorted list of 15 elements, implement the insertion sort algorithm in Python and print the steps taken.

💡 Hint: Think about how you will log the output after each insertion is made.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze the best-case and worst-case scenarios of insertion sort in detail. Explain the situations that lead to each case.

💡 Hint: Consider both sorted and reverse sorted scenarios to illustrate your analysis.

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