Data-Mining Methods for Predicting an Outcome Based on a Set

question 19

Multiple Choice

Data-mining methods for predicting an outcome based on a set of input variables is referred to as

• A)supervised learning.
• B)unsupervised learning.
• C)dimension reduction.
• D)data sampling.

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