Which of the following best describes the basic concept of classification?

Options

  • A. Learning a decision boundary or relationship that separates data into predefined categories
  • B. Predicting only continuous numerical quantities
  • C. Finding clusters without using any labeled data
  • D. Maximizing computer memory utilization
  • E. None of the above

Correct Answer (Detailed Explanation is Below)

A. Learning a decision boundary or relationship that separates data into predefined categories

Detailed Explanation

In classification, the learning algorithm uses labeled training examples to learn how observations belong to different classes. The trained model then uses the learned relationship or decision boundary to classify previously unseen observations.