SOA Exam SRM Sample Question 41

Study guide: Exam SRM

For a random forest, let p be the total number of features and m be the number of features selected at each split.

Determine which of the following statements is/are true.

• I. When m = p, random forest and bagging are the same procedure.

• II. \frac{p-m}{p} is the probability a split will not consider the strongest predictor.

• III. The typical choice of m is \frac{p}{2}.

• A) None

• B) I and II only

• C) I and III only

• D) II and III only

• E) The correct answer is not given by (A), (B), (C), or (D).

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Concepts tested

• Random Forest
• Bagging
• Hyperparameter

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