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1. Which of the following statements is false regarding categorical input variables and cardinality?

 

a. Cardinality is the number of distinct levels in a categorical variable.

 

b. Categorical variables with high cardinality can lead to overfitting in a predictive model.

 

c. Calculating cardinality is an important exploratory tool before transforming the categorical input.

 

d. Categorical variables with a low cardinality ratio have more distinct levels than variables with a high cardinality ratio.

 

e. All are false. 

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I would suggest you google "cardinality" and "cardinality ratio" so you understand what those terms mean.

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