discussion with two responses

After completing the reading this week answer the following questions:

Chapter 3:

  1. Note the basic concepts in data classification.
  2. Discuss the general framework for classification.
  3. What is a decision tree and decision tree modifier?  Note the importance.
  4. What is a hyper-parameter?
  5. Note the pitfalls of model selection and evaluation.

References: 

  1. ch 3 in textbook: Alternative Techniques (https://github.com/FaizSaeed/Data-Science-Course/blob/master/Book/Introduction%20to%20Data%20Mining_Pang%20Ning%20Tan.pdf)
  2. Capri, H. (2016). . Nova Publishers. Chapter 1.