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Self-Quiz Unit 3

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Question 1

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Which of the following is an example of a parametric approach.

Select one:
a. KNN Classifier

b. Bayes Classifier

c. Linear Regression 

d. Principle Components Analysis

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: Linear Regression

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Question 2

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A linear regression model is expressed as y ≈ β0+ β1x where β0 is the intercept and β1 is the slope of the line.  The following equations
can be used to compute the value of the coefficients β0 and β1.

Using the following set of data, find the coefficients β0 and β1rounded to the nearest thousandths place and the predicted value of y
when x is 10.

{(-1 , 0), (0 , 2), (1 , 4), (2 , 5)}

β0 =
1.9


β1 =
1.7


y=

18.9

 when x is 10

Question 3

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Which command will provide descriptive statistics for the Boston data frame?

Select one:
a. summary(Boston) 

b. eval(Boston)

c. coef(Boston)

d. stats(Boston)

Your answer is correct.

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Question 4

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True or False: The fix() function identifies values that contain data within a data frame that are inconsistent and automatically corrects
these values.

Select one:
True

False 

The correct answer is 'False'.

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Question 5

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You have a dataset which produces the following plot and you need to create a predictive model.  Which of the following techniques
are you most likely to use?

Select one:
a. Linear Regression 

b. Curvilinear Regression

c. K-Nearest Neighbors

d. Logistic Regression

Your answer is correct.

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Question 6

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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Residual plots are a useful tool for identifying:

Select one:
a. Non-linearity 

b. Linearity

c. Polynomial relationships

d. Non-parametric relationships

Your answer is correct.

Question 7

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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

True or False: Residual plots are a useful tool for identifying non-linearity.

Select one:
True 

False

The correct answer is 'True'.

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Question 8

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The income of a company that produces disaster equipment has been expressed as a linear regression model based upon the input
variable which is the number of hurricanes projected for the upcoming hurricane season.   The model is express as Y = mX + b where Y
is the estimated sales in millions of dollars, m = .76 and b = 5.  Assuming that the weather service is predicting 6 hurricanes during the
season what are the sales in millions of dollars expected to be?

9.56  million dollars

The correct answer is: 9.56

Question 9

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True or False: The library() function lists all of the libraries that are loaded into memory within R.

Select one:
True

False 

The correct answer is 'False'.

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Question 10

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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

What R command could we use to generate a scatterplot diagram of our data to determine if it forms a linear pattern that would be
suitable for linear regression or a non-linear pattern that would require some other technique?

Select one:
a. plot() 

b. hist()

c. matrix()

d. summary()

Your answer is correct.

Question 11

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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

The names() function within R:

Select one:
a. Lists all of the column names in the data frame provided as an argument to the function. 

b. Attaches the names to make the variables in the data frame available by name.

c. Displays the names of the classes identified by the K means clustering algorithm.

d. None of these answers

Your answer is correct.

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Question 12

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True or False: Colinearity refers to a situation in which two or more predictor variables are closely related to each other.

Select one:
True 

False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 13

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True or False: Logistic regression can be used to predict a continuous variable.

Select one:
True

False 

The correct answer is 'False'.

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Question 14

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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

Which of the following functions is used to generate a linear regression model within R?

Select one:
a. lredict()

b. lm() 

c. lstat()

d. glm()

Your answer is correct.

The correct answer is: lm()

Question 15

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True or False: Linear regression is considered a non-parametric approach.

Select one:
True

False 

The correct answer is 'False'.

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Question 16

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A farmer’s yield of corn is expressed as a linear regression model based upon the input variable which is the number of days of
sunlight during the growing season.  The model is express as Y = mX + b where Y is the estimated corn yield in bushels per acre, m =
1.38 and b = 42.  Assuming that during the growing season it is predicted that there will be 67 days of sun, what will the corn yield be
in bushels per acre?

134.46  bushels per acre

The correct answer is: 134.46

Question 17

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Mark 6.00 out of 6.00

The values of x and their corresponding values of y are shown in the table below, identify the linear regression model in the form
y=mx+b and report the values of m(slope) and b(intercept) as well as the estimated value of y when the value of x is 10.

b=
2.2


m=
0.9


y=
11.2

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Question 18

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Mark 4.00 out of 4.00

The values of y and their corresponding values of y are shown in the table below, identify the linear regression model in the form
y=mx+b and report the values of m (slope) and b (intercept) as well as the estimated value of y when the value of x is 3. Round to the
nearest hundreds place. 

b=

4.48


m=

0.66

y=

6.48

Question 19

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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

True or False: In the KNN algorithm, a small value for K provides the most flexible fit (low bias/high variance).

Select one:
True 

False

The correct answer is 'True'.

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Question 20

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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00

True or False: The following data plot represents data that is linearly separable?

Select one:
True

False 

The correct answer is 'False'.

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