Databricks Certified Professional Data Scientist Exam - Topic 3 Question 96 Discussion

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Question #: 96
Topic #: 3

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Which of the following is a correct example of the target variable in regression (supervised learning)?

ANominal values like true, false

BReptile, fish, mammal, amphibian, plant, fungi

CInfinite number of numeric values, such as 0.100, 42.001, 1000.743..

DAll of the above
We address two cases of the target variable. The first case occurs when the target variable can take only nominal values: true or false; reptile, fish: mammal, amphibian, plant, fungi. The second case of classification occurs when the target variable can take an infinite number of numeric values, such as 0.100, 42.001, 1000.743, .... This case is called regression.

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Teddy

19 hours ago

I remember practicing with similar questions, and I think nominal values are more for classification tasks, not regression.

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Gerald

6 days ago

I think the target variable in regression should be numeric, so maybe C is the right answer? But I'm not completely sure.

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