If RFclass Is an Object Created by a RandomForest Classification

question 4

Multiple Choice

If RFclass is an object created by a randomForest classification model, what is RFclass$proximity?

• A) An element with coefficients showing the average frequency that pairs of observations follow the same path and wind up in the same terminal node.
• B) An element s with coefficients showing the intercorrelation of variables in the model
• C) An element with coefficients showing Euclidean distance between observations
• D) An element with coefficients showing Euclidean distance between predictors

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