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Types of Feature Selection Methods in ML

The document discusses three types of feature selection methods: filter, wrapper, and embedded. It asks to evaluate them in terms of how they perform feature selection, whether they are statistical or machine learning methods, and examples of methods used in each type.

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Types of Feature Selection Methods in ML

The document discusses three types of feature selection methods: filter, wrapper, and embedded. It asks to evaluate them in terms of how they perform feature selection, whether they are statistical or machine learning methods, and examples of methods used in each type.

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a) Feature selection is an important process in the machine learning process because through it only

the most important variables that directly affect the decision variable are chosen. Evaluate the THREE
types of feature selection methods in terms of:

i. How they perform the feature selection process. (6 marks)

filter

wrapper

embedded

ii. Is it a statistical or a machine learning method? (2 marks)

- It is a machine learning model

iii. In each case, give an example of methods used in each type of feature selection
process. (2 marks)

[Link]-square

2. Mutual Information

3. Variance Threshold

4. Anova F-value

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