Determine a Freshman's Likely First-Year Grade Point Average from the Student's

question 10

Multiple Choice

Determine a freshman's likely first-year grade point average from the student's Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) score, high school grade point average, and number of extra-curricular activities. This is an example of

• A)classification of a categorical outcome.
• B)estimation of a continuous outcome.
• C)prediction of a categorical outcome.
• D)unsupervised learning.

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