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DP-100 · Question #91

You create a classification model with a dataset that contains 100 samples with Class A and 10,000 samples with Class B The variation of Class B is very high. You need to resolve imbalances. Which…

The correct answer is D. Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE). The task is to resolve class imbalance in a classification model where Class A is a minority class (100 samples) and Class B is a majority class (10,000 samples) with high variation.

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Question

You create a classification model with a dataset that contains 100 samples with Class A and 10,000 samples with Class B The variation of Class B is very high. You need to resolve imbalances. Which method should you use?

Options

  • APartition and Sample
  • BCluster Centroids
  • CTomek links
  • DSynthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE)

How the community answered

(18 responses)
  • A
    11% (2)
  • B
    6% (1)
  • D
    83% (15)

Why each option

The task is to resolve class imbalance in a classification model where Class A is a minority class (100 samples) and Class B is a majority class (10,000 samples) with high variation.

APartition and Sample

Partition and Sample is a general data preparation step for splitting datasets and sampling, which does not directly resolve class imbalance.

BCluster Centroids

Cluster Centroids is an undersampling technique that reduces the majority class, potentially leading to a loss of valuable information from that class.

CTomek links

Tomek links is an undersampling technique used to clean decision boundaries by removing majority class samples, which also reduces the size of the majority class and might discard useful data.

DSynthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE)Correct

Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) addresses imbalanced datasets by creating synthetic samples for the minority class, which helps the model learn patterns from the under-represented class without simply duplicating existing data.

Concept tested: Imbalanced dataset handling techniques

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/component-reference/smote

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#Imbalanced datasets#Oversampling#SMOTE#Data preparation

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