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Data Analytics With Python - Unit 14 - Week 11

The document outlines Assignment 11 for the NPTEL course 'Data Analytics with Python', which includes various questions related to cluster analysis and dissimilarity measures. It specifies the due date for submission as April 8, 2026, and allows multiple submissions before the deadline. The assignment consists of 10 questions covering topics such as categorical variables, normalization, and K-means clustering.

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Data Analytics With Python - Unit 14 - Week 11

The document outlines Assignment 11 for the NPTEL course 'Data Analytics with Python', which includes various questions related to cluster analysis and dissimilarity measures. It specifies the due date for submission as April 8, 2026, and allows multiple submissions before the deadline. The assignment consists of 10 questions covering topics such as categorical variables, normalization, and K-means clustering.

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Course Week 11: Assignment 11


outline Assignment not submitted Due date: 2026-04-08, 23:59 IST.

1) In cluster analysis, dissimilarity between two objects is: 1 point


About
NPTEL () Always negative
Always zero
How does an
NPTEL Non-negative and increases with difference
online Equal to correlation
course
work? () 2) If all values of a variable are missing, what should be done? 1 point

Week 0 () Replace with mean


Ignore missing values
Week 1 ()
Remove variable
Normalize
Week 2 ()

3) Categorical variable dissimilarity is based on: 1 point


Week 3 ()

Ratio of mismatches
Week 4 ()
Mean difference

Week 5 () Variance
Correlation
Week 6 ()
4) If two objects match perfectly in a categorical variable, dissimilarity is: 1 point
Week 7 ()
1.0
Week 8 () 0.0
−1
Week 9 ()
Undefined
5) Why are ordinal variables standardized to [0,1]? 1 point
Week 10 ()
Increase variance
Week 11 ()
Reduce sample size
Clustering Improve correlation
analysis: Part Different variable scales need normalization
III (unit?
unit=28&lesso
6) If max = 3.08 and min = 1.34, normalization denominator is: 1 point
n=87)

Cluster 1.74
analysis: Part 2.08
IV (unit?
3.08
unit=28&lesso
n=88) 1.0

Cluster
7) The objective function in K-means minimizes: 1 point
analysis: Part
V (unit?
Between-cluster distance
unit=28&lesso
n=89) Sum of squared distances within clusters
Correlation
K- Means
Clustering Variance between clusters
(unit?
unit=28&lesso 8) Two objects are described by 4 categorical variables. They match in 3 variables 1 point
n=90) and differ in 1 variable. What is the dissimilarity?
Hierarchical
0.25
method of
clustering -I 0.5
(unit? 0.75
unit=28&lesso
1.0
n=91)

Important data 9) Given log-transformed values: Object 1 = 2.65, Object 2 = 1.34 Maximum = 3.08, 1 point
files (unit? Minimum = 1.34 Find the normalized dissimilarity between objects 1 and 2:
unit=28&lesso
n=92) 0.5
Quiz: Week 0.75
11: 1.0
Assignment
11
0.25
(assessment?
name=235) 10) Consider two centroids: C1 = (1,1), C2 = (5,5) A point P = (2,3). Which cluster will P 1 point
belong to (using Euclidean distance)?
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Videos () Cluster 1
Cluster 2
Weekly Both equally
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Transcripts () considered for grading.
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