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Snowflake DSA-C02 Exam - Topic 1 Question 5 Discussion

Actual exam question for Snowflake's DSA-C02 exam
Question #: 5
Topic #: 1
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Which metric is not used for evaluating classification models?

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Suggested Answer: C

The four commonly used metrics for evaluating classifier performance are:

1. Accuracy: The proportion of correct predictions out of the total predictions.

2. Precision: The proportion of true positive predictions out of the total positive predictions (precision = true positives / (true positives + false positives)).

3. Recall (Sensitivity or True Positive Rate): The proportion of true positive predictions out of the total actual positive instances (recall = true positives / (true positives + false negatives)).

4. F1 Score: The harmonic mean of precision and recall, providing a balance between the two metrics (F1 score = 2 * ((precision * recall) / (precision + recall))).

Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE)and Mean Absolute Error (MAE) are metrics used to evaluate a Regression Model. These metrics tell us how accurate our predictions are and, what is the amount of deviation from the actual values.


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Sarina
3 months ago
I thought MAE could be used in some cases, but I guess not!
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Bette
3 months ago
Yeah, precision, recall, and accuracy are the main ones.
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Elinore
3 months ago
Wait, are you sure about that?
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Iluminada
4 months ago
Totally agree, it's for regression!
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Jaclyn
4 months ago
Mean absolute error is not used for classification models.
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Samuel
4 months ago
I agree with the others, but I’m still second-guessing myself. I just hope I remember the definitions correctly during the exam!
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Joseph
4 months ago
I’m a bit confused; I thought all of these could be used in some context, but I definitely recall that mean absolute error is not typically for classification.
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Nida
4 months ago
I remember practicing questions where we had to identify metrics, and I feel like mean absolute error is more related to regression models.
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Elenor
5 months ago
I think recall, accuracy, and precision are all metrics we use for classification, but I'm not sure about mean absolute error.
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Meaghan
5 months ago
I've got this! Mean absolute error is for regression problems, not classification. The answer has to be C.
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Martina
5 months ago
This is a good question to test our understanding of model evaluation. I'll eliminate the options I'm confident about and then make an educated guess on the remaining one.
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Goldie
5 months ago
Okay, let me review the key metrics - precision, recall, F1-score. I think mean absolute error is the one that doesn't apply here.
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Evangelina
5 months ago
Hmm, this one seems tricky. I'll need to think carefully about the different metrics used for classification models.
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Youlanda
5 months ago
I'm pretty sure accuracy is not used for evaluating classification models. That's more for regression tasks, right?
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Brett
5 months ago
Okay, I remember learning about the Gordon's Growth Model in my finance class. It's a way to value a stock based on its expected future dividends. So the correct answer must be A, the Dividend Discount Model.
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Shaun
5 months ago
This feels a bit tricky; I remember it has something to do with network resources too, but I'm not sure if that's the main feature.
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Ronnie
5 months ago
This seems like a straightforward question about non-quantitative job evaluation techniques. I'll need to carefully review the options and think about which one is not appropriate for Martha to share with her team.
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