Practice Post-pruning (Cost-Complexity Pruning) - 5.5.2 | Module 3: Supervised Learning - Classification Fundamentals (Weeks 6) | Machine Learning
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5.5.2 - Post-pruning (Cost-Complexity Pruning)

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is post-pruning?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the purpose of enhancing model performance.

Question 2

Easy

What does overfitting refer to?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens when a model learns too many details.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is the main purpose of post-pruning?

  • To increase tree complexity
  • To remove unnecessary branches
  • To speed up training time

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how to simplify a complex model.

Question 2

True or False: Overfitting occurs when a model is too simple.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember what happens with too much detail.

Solve 2 more questions and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Given a scenario where a Decision Tree has a total of 10 branches with varying importance, how would you determine which branches to prune without significantly losing predictive accuracy?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the relationship between branches and overall model performance.

Question 2

Describe the implications of using a small validation set in post-pruning. What risks does this pose?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about why sample size matters in making statistical decisions.

Challenge and get performance evaluation