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Data Mining Methods Basics Q&A

This document contains multiple choice questions testing knowledge of data mining techniques and processes. It asks about topics like the stages of knowledge discovery, roles in validating analysis datasets, types of modeling for labeled versus unlabeled data, statistical techniques like clustering and regression analysis, and definitions of key terms like data mining, unsupervised learning, and associative rule mining. The questions cover a wide range of foundational concepts in data science and data mining.

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Data Mining Methods Basics Q&A

This document contains multiple choice questions testing knowledge of data mining techniques and processes. It asks about topics like the stages of knowledge discovery, roles in validating analysis datasets, types of modeling for labeled versus unlabeled data, statistical techniques like clustering and regression analysis, and definitions of key terms like data mining, unsupervised learning, and associative rule mining. The questions cover a wide range of foundational concepts in data science and data mining.

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Which of the following is not applicable to Data Mining?

Involves working with known information -- Correct

The process of extracting valid, useful, unknown info from data and using it to
make proactive knowledge driven business is called
Data mining -- Correct

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What is the other name for Data Preparation stage of Knowledge Discovery Process?
ETL -- Correct

Which of the following role is responsible for performing validation on analysis


datasets?
Statisticians -- Correct

Which of the following activities is performed as part of data pre processing?


Detect Missing Values -- Correct

Which of the following modelling type should be used for Labelled data?
Predictive Modelling -- Correct

Noisy values are the values that are valid for the dataset, but are incorrectly
recorded
True -- Correct

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Which statistical technique deals with finding a structure in a collection of


unlabeled data?
Clustering -- Correct

Probability of theft in an area is 0.03 with expected loss of 20% or 30% of things
with probabilities 0.55 and 0.45. Insurance policy from A costs $150 pa with 100%
repayment. Policy with B, costs $100 pa and first $500 of any loss has to be paid
by the owner. Which data mining technique can be used to choose the policy?
Decision Tree -- Correct

What is the type of learning where a function is inferred to describe hidden


structure from unlabeled data
Unsupervised Learning -- Correct

Statistical technique used for investigating and modelling the relationship between
two or more variables is:
Regression analysis -- Correct

If time is used as an independent variable in a simple linear regression analysis,


which of the following assumptions could be violated?
Successive observations of the dependent variable are uncorrelated -- Correct

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Machine learning task of inferring a function from labelled training data is known
as
Supervised Learning -- Correct
Which is the statistical technique used for investigating and modelling the
relationship between two or more variables?
Regression analysis -- Correct

Regression is typically carried out to develop a mathematical model of the process


True -- Correct

Associate rule is known as _____________


Affinity analysis -- Correct

Which data mining method groups together objects that are similar to each other and
dissimilar to the other objects?
Clustering -- Correct

Which of the following activities are performed as part of data pre processing?
All the options -- Correct

Which of the following are Multi-class Classification problem?


Should we gift a book or a Gift card? , Will it be a Rainy day or Sunny day
tomorrow? -- Wrong

_________ are the values that mark the boundaries of the confidence interval.
Confidence limits -- Correct

The process of extracting valid, useful, unknown info from data to make proactive
knowledge driven business is called
Data mining -- Correct

Simulations are carried out to develop a mathematical model of the process


False -- Correct

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