12.1.6 - Recursion Analysis
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What does Insertion Sort do?
💡 Hint: Think about how you sort cards in your hand.
Define time complexity.
💡 Hint: Consider how the time increases with more data.
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What is the time complexity of Insertion Sort?
💡 Hint: Consider how many comparisons you might have to make with reversed data.
True or False: Insertion Sort can be faster than selection sort on nearly sorted lists.
💡 Hint: Think about how well it handles existing order.
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Implement Insertion Sort in a programming language of your choice, both iteratively and recursively. What differences do you observe in performance?
💡 Hint: Focus on measuring the execution time with varying list sizes.
Create an input case for Insertion Sort that highlights its worst-case time complexity. Explain your reasoning.
💡 Hint: Think about how selections each time for the next element will be maximum.
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