Multiple choice

Which of the following refers to the concept of uncovering patterns in data that can be presented as statistically significant?

  1. Boosting

  2. Association rule learning

  3. Random forests

  4. Machine learning

  5. Data dredging

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E Correct answer
Explanation

Data dredging (also data fishing, data snooping, equation fitting and p-hacking) is the use of data mining to uncover patterns in data that can be presented as statistically significant, without first devising a specific hypothesis as to the underlying causality.