Practice How KNN Works (The Neighborhood Watch) - 5.4.1 | Module 3: Supervised Learning - Classification Fundamentals (Weeks 5) | Machine Learning
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What does K stand for in KNN?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how many neighbors the model looks at.

Question 2

Easy

Name one distance metric used in KNN.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the straight-line measurement between two points.

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Question 1

What does K represent in the KNN algorithm?

  • The number of neighbors considered
  • The distance metric used
  • The type of data points

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the neighbors KNN considers.

Question 2

True or False: A larger K in KNN can lead to overfitting.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens when you're too general versus too specific.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Explain how varying K can impact the bias-variance trade-off in KNN. Support your explanation with examples.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how sensitive to noise and overfitting relate.

Question 2

Given a dataset with 100 features, how would you handle the curse of dimensionality before applying KNN?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about eliminating clutter to focus on the most telling aspects.

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