Practice How Knn Works (the Neighborhood Watch) (5.4.1) - Supervised Learning - Classification Fundamentals (Weeks 5)
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How KNN Works (The Neighborhood Watch)

Practice - How KNN Works (The Neighborhood Watch)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does K stand for in KNN?

💡 Hint: Think about how many neighbors the model looks at.

Question 2 Easy

Name one distance metric used in KNN.

💡 Hint: Consider the straight-line measurement between two points.

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Interactive Quizzes

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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

💡 Hint: Think about the neighbors KNN considers.

Question 2

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

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider what happens when you're too general versus too specific.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

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

💡 Hint: Consider how sensitive to noise and overfitting relate.

Challenge 2 Hard

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

💡 Hint: Think about eliminating clutter to focus on the most telling aspects.

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