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Top 25 Interview Questions on Classification with detailed Answers
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What is the difference between Discriminative and Generative models?
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What are some pros and cons of Discriminant Analysis?
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What is the difference between QDA and Gaussian Mixture Models (GMM)?
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What differentiates Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) from Quadratic Discriminant Analysis (QDA)?
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How does discriminant analysis work at a high level?
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Explain how SVM can be used in regression problems
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How does hinge loss differ from logistic loss?
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Describe the hinge loss function used in SVM
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What hyper-parameters are typically tuned in SVM?
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What are the Pros/Cons of Naive Bayes?
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How are continuous features incorporated into Naive Bayes?
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What happens if a category has a zero frequency within a class, and how is this issue commonly addressed (Naive Bayes)?
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How Does Naive Bayes Work?
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What are options to calibrate probabilities produced from the output of a classifier that does not produce natural probabilities?
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Understanding Probability Outputs in Classification Algorithms
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Distinguish between a Weak learner and a Strong Learner
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How is Gradient Boosting different from Random Forest?
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