Practice Precision-Recall Curve - 4.2.1.2 | Module 4: Advanced Supervised Learning & Evaluation (Weeks 8) | Machine Learning
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4.2.1.2 - Precision-Recall Curve

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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is precision in the context of a model's predictions?

💡 Hint: Think about how often the model is correct when it predicts positives.

Question 2

Easy

How is recall defined?

💡 Hint: It focuses on how well the model identifies actual positive instances.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does precision measure in model evaluation?

  • The proportion of true positives to total predictions
  • The proportion of actual positives identified
  • The model's ability to avoid false negatives

💡 Hint: Think about the accuracy of positive predictions.

Question 2

True or False: The Precision-Recall Curve is beneficial for evaluating models when dealing with imbalanced class distributions.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider how well the curve represents minority class performance.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Given a dataset where the positive class constitutes only 5% of all instances, discuss how you would leverage the Precision-Recall Curve for evaluation. What key factors would you consider?

💡 Hint: Consider how low positive instance proportions influence threshold selection.

Question 2

Imagine you are fine-tuning a model to detect fraudulent transactions. After generating the Precision-Recall Curve, the precision sharply decreases after a recall of 80%. Describe the steps you would take to improve the model's performance.

💡 Hint: Identify if the model is overfitting or if false positives are too high for the current threshold.

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