Your Team Is Working on a Binary Classification Problem

question 177

Multiple Choice

Your team is working on a binary classification problem. You have trained a support vector machine (SVM) classifier with default parameters, and received an area under the Curve (AUC) of 0.87 on the validation set. You want to increase the AUC of the model. What should you do?

• A) Perform hyperparameter tuning
• B) Train a classifier with deep neural networks, because neural networks would always beat SVMs
• C) Deploy the model and measure the real-world AUC; it's always higher because of generalization
• D) Scale predictions you get out of the model (tune a scaling factor as a hyperparameter) in order to get the highest AUC

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Definitions:

Carpel

The female reproductive organ of a flower, encompassing the ovary, style, and stigma.

Petals

The colorful parts of a flower, often brightly colored to attract pollinators.

Stamens

The male reproductive organs of a flower, consisting of an anther and a filament, responsible for producing and releasing pollen.

Gibberellins

Gibberellins are a class of plant hormones that stimulate growth, influence various developmental processes including germination, dormancy, and flowering.