Practice Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM): A Probabilistic Approach to Clustering - 2.1 | Module 5: Unsupervised Learning & Dimensionality Reduction (Weeks 10) | Machine Learning
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is the main difference between GMMs and K-Means clustering?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about how clusters are formed in each method.

Question 2

Easy

Define what a Gaussian distribution is.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Recall the bell curve shape.

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Question 1

What is one key advantage of using GMMs over K-Means clustering?

  • They are always faster to compute.
  • They handle elliptical clusters better.
  • They require labeled data.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about cluster shapes that GMMs can model.

Question 2

True or False: GMMs provide hard assignments of data points to clusters.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Recall how GMMs treat data points regarding cluster membership.

Solve and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Suppose you conduct a clustering analysis and observe that GMMs report more stable results than K-Means in partitioning customer data. Discuss the potential reasons for this stability.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the implications of soft versus hard assignments.

Question 2

Build a small example dataset with 2D points representing two clusters of different shapes. Explain how GMM would approach clustering these points compared to K-Means.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Visualize the clusters and think about what shape they take.

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