An Online Reseller Has a Large, Multi-Column Dataset with One

question 59

Multiple Choice

An online reseller has a large, multi-column dataset with one column missing 30% of its data. A Machine Learning Specialist believes that certain columns in the dataset could be used to reconstruct the missing data. Which reconstruction approach should the Specialist use to preserve the integrity of the dataset?

• A) Listwise deletion
• B) Last observation carried forward
• C) Multiple imputation
• D) Mean substitution

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