Which type of machine learning is generally used to predict a continuous numerical value?

Options

  • A. Classification
  • B. Regression
  • C. Clustering
  • D. More than one of the above
  • E. None of the above

Correct Answer (Detailed Explanation is Below)

B. Regression

Detailed Explanation

Regression is a supervised learning technique used to predict continuous numerical values. For example, predicting house prices, temperature, or salary can be treated as regression problems.