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Which of the following are steps in building a machine learning algorithm?

Deciding on an algorithm.
Collecting data to answer the question

Question 2
Suppose we build a prediction algorithm on a data set and it is 100% accurate on that data set. Why might the algorithm not work well if we collect a new data set?
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What are some common error rates for predicting binary variables (i.e. variables with two possible values like yes/no, disease/normal, clicked/didn't click)?

Predictive value of a positive

Accuracy
Specificity

Question 5
Suppose that we have created a machine learning algorithm that predicts whether a link will be clicked with 99% sensitivity and 99% specificity. The rate the link is clicked is 1/1000 of visits to a website. If we predict the link will be clicked on a specific visit, what is the probability it will actually be clicked?

9%
9%

Y N
Y 990 10000
N 10 990000
Total1000 1000000
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