What Does the Robustness of a Data Mining Method Refer

question 20

Multiple Choice

What does the robustness of a data mining method refer to?

• A) its ability to predict the outcome of a previously unknown data set accurately
• B) its speed of computation and computational costs in using the mode
• C) its ability to construct a prediction model efficiently given a large amount of data
• D) its ability to overcome noisy data to make somewhat accurate predictions

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Definitions:

Watson

Watson refers to James Watson, an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 alongside Francis Crick.

Amino Acids

Fundamental components of proteins, each containing an amino group, a carboxylic acid group, and a unique side chain.

Double Helix

The structure of DNA, which consists of two antiparallel polynucleotide chains twisted around each other.

Polymer

is a chemical compound or mixture of compounds formed by polymerization and consisting essentially of repeating structural units.