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A data analyst needs to identify the most frequently occurring value in a dataset. Which measure of central tendency should they use?
2A retail company wants to predict future sales based on historical data. Which modeling approach is most appropriate if the data shows a clear seasonal pattern?
3A data analyst is building a model to predict customer churn. The dataset has 10,000 records with 500 churned customers. The model predicts churn with 95% accuracy, but only identifies 10% of actual churners. Which metric best highlights this issue?
4A data analyst needs to combine two datasets that have the same columns but different rows. Which operation should they use?
5A data analyst is performing a hypothesis test with a significance level of 0.05. The p-value obtained is 0.03. What should the analyst conclude?
6A data scientist trains a regression model and observes high variance with low bias. Which technique is most appropriate to reduce variance?
7A data analyst is cleaning a dataset and finds missing values in a categorical variable representing customer region. Which imputation method is most appropriate?
8A data analyst needs to visualize the distribution of a continuous variable across different categories. Which chart type is most suitable?
9A company is analyzing customer feedback sentiment. The dataset is highly imbalanced with 95% positive and 5% negative comments. Which technique should the analyst use to address class imbalance before modeling?
10Which TWO of the following are common assumptions of linear regression?
11Which THREE of the following are appropriate methods to handle outliers in a dataset?
12Which TWO of the following are examples of supervised learning algorithms?
13A healthcare analytics team is building a predictive model to identify patients at high risk of readmission within 30 days of discharge. The dataset includes 50,000 patient records with 200 features, including demographics, vital signs, lab results, and historical admissions. The target variable is binary (readmitted or not). The team uses a logistic regression model and achieves an AUC of 0.72 on the test set. However, the model's calibration is poor: for patients predicted to have a 70% risk, the actual readmission rate is only 40%. The team wants to improve calibration without significantly reducing discrimination (AUC). The data scientist suggests applying Platt scaling. However, the team lead is concerned that Platt scaling may reduce the model's ability to rank patients correctly. Which of the following is the best course of action?
14A data analyst at a marketing firm is tasked with segmenting customers based on their purchasing behavior. The dataset contains 10,000 customers with features such as annual spend, frequency of purchases, recency of last purchase, and average order value. The analyst decides to use k-means clustering. After standardizing the features, the analyst runs k-means with k=3, k=4, and k=5, and computes the silhouette score for each: k=3: 0.45, k=4: 0.52, k=5: 0.48. The analyst also plots the elbow curve and observes that the within-cluster sum of squares (WCSS) decreases sharply from k=2 to k=4, then levels off. Based on these results, what is the most appropriate number of clusters?
15A data analyst is building a linear regression model to predict sales based on advertising spend across TV, radio, and newspaper channels. Which TWO diagnostics should the analyst perform to validate the model assumptions?
16A data analyst is preparing a logistic regression model to predict customer churn. After examining the exhibit, which data quality issue should the analyst address first?
17A healthcare analytics team is building a classification model to predict patient readmission within 30 days. The dataset contains 10,000 records with 30 features, including demographics, vital signs, lab results, and medication history. The target variable is imbalanced: 85% no readmission, 15% readmission. The team used logistic regression with default settings and achieved an accuracy of 85%, but the model predicted 'no readmission' for all patients. The lead analyst suspects the model is not learning due to class imbalance. The team has time to implement one corrective action before the next model review. Which action should the team take?
18Drag and drop the steps to normalize a database table from 1NF to 3NF in the correct order.
19Drag and drop the steps to implement a data classification policy in the correct order.
20Match each data governance role to its responsibility.
21Match each data sampling method to its description.
22A data analyst is designing a data model for a sales data warehouse. The model should optimize query performance for aggregations by minimizing joins and duplicating data where necessary. Which schema design should the analyst use?
23A data scientist is building a predictive model to forecast monthly sales. The data shows a linear trend with no seasonality. Which regression technique is most appropriate?
24A data analyst is working with a dataset containing house prices. After building a multiple linear regression model, the analyst observes that the model performs well on training data but poorly on validation data. Which technique is most appropriate to address this issue?
25A marketing team wants to segment customers into distinct groups based on purchasing behavior. The data includes numeric features such as frequency, monetary value, and recency. Which unsupervised learning algorithm should be used?
26A data analyst is preparing a dataset for a predictive model. The dataset contains a feature 'age' with values ranging from 18 to 80, and a feature 'income' ranging from 20,000 to 200,000. To ensure both features contribute equally to distance-based algorithms, which transformation should the analyst apply?
27A data analyst is building a binary classification model to predict customer churn. The dataset is imbalanced, with only 10% churners. The analyst wants to evaluate model performance with a focus on correctly identifying churners. Which metric is most appropriate?
28A data analyst needs to join two tables in a SQL database: Orders and Customers. The analyst wants to include all orders, even if there is no matching customer record. Which type of join should be used?
29A data analyst is analyzing survey responses where respondents rated satisfaction on a scale of 1-5. The analyst wants to visualize the distribution of responses. Which chart type is most appropriate?
30A data scientist is tuning a decision tree model to prevent overfitting. The model currently has a high variance. Which hyperparameter adjustment is most effective?
31Which TWO of the following are dimensional modeling techniques commonly used in data warehouses?
32Which THREE of the following are common steps in data cleaning?
33Which TWO of the following are valid techniques for validating the performance of a predictive model?
34Refer to the exhibit. Which clause is used to aggregate the data by department?
35Refer to the exhibit. Which type of ensemble method is being used?
36Refer to the exhibit. Which data quality dimension is being violated?
37A data analyst is building a linear regression model to predict sales based on advertising spend. The analyst notices that the residuals are not normally distributed and have a non‑constant variance. Which of the following transformations is most appropriate to apply to the dependent variable?
38A company’s marketing team wants to segment customers based on purchase history, demographics, and website behavior. The data includes both numeric and categorical variables. Which clustering algorithm is best suited for handling mixed data types?
39A data scientist is building a classification model to predict customer churn. The dataset has 10,000 records with 500 churners. The scientist uses logistic regression and achieves 98% accuracy, but the precision for churn class is only 15%. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
40During ETL, a data analyst discovers that a date column contains values like '01/02/2023' and '2023-01-02'. Which of the following is the best practice to ensure consistent date format before analysis?
41A data analyst is reviewing a SQL query that joins three large tables. The query takes over an hour to run. The analyst notices that the WHERE clause filters on indexed columns in only two tables. Which of the following should the analyst do first to improve performance?
42An analyst is fitting a polynomial regression model and wants to choose the degree that minimizes overfitting. Which technique should the analyst use?
43A data analyst needs to create a visual that shows the distribution of customer ages across different regions. Which chart type is most appropriate?
44A company has a dataset with 100 features. The data analyst wants to reduce dimensionality while preserving as much variance as possible. Which technique should be used?
45After training a decision tree, the tree has depth 20 and 100% accuracy on training data but only 60% on test data. Which hyperparameter adjustment is most likely to improve generalization?
46A data analyst is performing hypothesis testing to compare the mean sales of two store locations. Which TWO conditions must be satisfied to use a two‑sample t‑test? (Select TWO.)
47A data scientist is cleaning a dataset and notices missing values in several columns. Which THREE techniques are appropriate for handling missing data? (Select THREE.)
48Which THREE of the following are examples of descriptive statistics? (Select THREE.)
49Refer to the exhibit. An analyst runs the following query: SELECT product_id, AVG(quantity) FROM sales GROUP BY product_id HAVING AVG(quantity) > 8; Which product_id(s) will be returned?
50Refer to the exhibit. Before running the code, the original salary column had 50 missing values. The median was calculated as 52000. After imputation, which of the following statements is true?
51Refer to the exhibit. A data analyst wants to grant read access to an entire cloud storage bucket named 'data-lake'. Which of the following best describes what this policy does?
52A data analyst wants to predict customer churn based on categorical features like region and plan type, and continuous features like usage and tenure. Which regression type should be used?
53A retail company wants to forecast monthly sales for the next 12 months. Sales data shows a clear upward trend and seasonal patterns that repeat yearly. Which time series model is most appropriate?
54A data scientist is analyzing a dataset with 100 variables and 5,000 records. The dataset has several missing values and a few extreme outliers. The goal is to build a regression model to predict a continuous target. Which combination of preprocessing steps is most likely to improve model performance?
55During data exploration, an analyst notices that the target variable has a heavily right-skewed distribution. Which data transformation would be most appropriate to make the distribution more symmetric?
56A marketing team wants to segment customers into groups based on purchasing behavior without prior labels. Which algorithm should the data analyst use?
57After building a binary classification model, the data analyst obtains the following confusion matrix: True Positives=80, True Negatives=100, False Positives=20, False Negatives=30. What is the F1 score?
58A dataset contains a column 'Income' with values in different scales (some in thousands, some in hundreds). What is the best way to standardize this column for use in a machine learning model?
59A data analyst needs to determine whether the mean sales of two different regions are significantly different. The samples are independent and the data is normally distributed. Which statistical test should be used?
60A data scientist is working with a dataset containing 1000 features and 500 samples. The goal is to build a predictive model. Which technique should be used to reduce the number of features while retaining most of the variance?
61Which TWO of the following are commonly used techniques for handling missing data in a dataset? (Select TWO).
62Which THREE of the following are assumptions of linear regression? (Select THREE).
63Which TWO of the following are true about correlation and causation? (Select TWO).
64The exhibit shows an SQL query executed on an 'orders' table that contains 'order_id', 'customer_id', and 'order_date'. What is the purpose of this query?
65Given the linear regression output, which independent variable has the strongest effect on price, based on standardized coefficients?
66A data analyst runs the Python code shown. What is the result of executing this code?
67A data analyst needs to summarize customer satisfaction scores. The data contains a few extremely low scores that skew the distribution. Which measure of central tendency is most appropriate?
68A retail company wants to predict sales based on advertising spend and season. Which data modeling technique should the analyst use?
69A data analyst trains a complex model that achieves 99% accuracy on training data but only 65% on new data. What is the most likely issue?
70After a marketing campaign, sales increased by 15%. The analyst wants to understand which customer segment contributed most to the increase. Which type of analysis is this?
71In a dataset with variables on different scales (e.g., age in years and income in dollars), which preprocessing step is necessary before applying k-means clustering?
72A data analyst uses linear regression to model the relationship between advertising spend and sales. The residual plot shows a clear U-shaped pattern. What assumption is violated?
73A data analyst calculates a correlation coefficient of -0.85 between temperature and heating costs. What does this indicate?
74A company wants to segment its customers into distinct groups based on purchasing behavior. Which algorithm is best suited for this task?
75A data analyst is preparing to build a predictive model. Which TWO steps are essential to ensure model validity? (Choose two.)
76In multiple linear regression, which TWO assumptions are critical for unbiased coefficient estimates? (Choose two.)
77A data analyst is performing data cleaning. Which THREE steps are part of this process? (Choose three.)
78You are a data analyst at a logistics company. The operations manager wants to reduce delivery delays. You have historical data including order date, delivery date, distance, weather conditions, and driver ID. Initial analysis shows that the average delivery time has increased over the past six months. You suspect that weather is a contributing factor, but you need to confirm. The company also wants to build a model to predict delivery times to better manage customer expectations. The data contains missing values for weather conditions in about 10% of records, and some driver IDs are incorrect. You have limited time and resources. What should you do first?
79A healthcare analytics team is analyzing patient readmission rates. They have a dataset with thousands of records including patient age, diagnosis, length of stay, number of prior admissions, and discharge date. The goal is to identify key factors influencing readmission and create a model to predict high-risk patients. The data is imbalanced: only 5% of patients are readmitted within 30 days. The team plans to use logistic regression. What is the most appropriate approach?
80A marketing analyst wants to segment customers based on purchasing behavior and demographics. The dataset includes continuous variables (spending amount, frequency) and categorical variables (region, gender). The analyst decides to use k-means clustering. What should the analyst do to prepare the data?
81A financial analyst is building a model to predict stock price movements. The data is time series with daily prices. The analyst wants to use a regression model but notices that the residuals are autocorrelated. What adjustment should be made?
82A data analyst is building a supervised learning model to predict customer churn. The target variable is binary (churn = yes/no). Which TWO modeling techniques are appropriate for this task? (Select two.)
83A data analyst at a retail company is building a multiple linear regression model to forecast weekly sales. The dataset contains 50 predictor variables, including store size, promotional spend, holiday indicators, and many others. After training the model, the analyst observes an R-squared of 0.99 on the training set but only 0.55 on the holdout test set. Which action should the analyst take first to address this discrepancy?
84A marketing analyst wants to segment customers based on their purchase history, including total spent, number of transactions, and average order value. The analyst runs k-means clustering with k=5 on the raw data but notices that the cluster assignments change significantly every time the algorithm is executed. What should the analyst do first to obtain consistent and meaningful clusters?
85An analyst computed the mean, median, and mode of a dataset and found they are all equal. Which of the following best describes the distribution?
86A data analyst wants to compare the average revenue per customer between two marketing campaigns (A and B). The analyst is unsure if the data follows a normal distribution. Which statistical test is most appropriate for comparing the means of the two groups?
87A data analyst is performing a multiple linear regression with three predictors. The model output shows an R-squared of 0.85 and an adjusted R-squared of 0.80. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the difference between these two values?
88A data scientist is preparing data for a K-means clustering algorithm. The dataset contains features measured in different units (e.g., income in dollars and age in years). Which preprocessing step is most critical before running K-means?
89In a time series analysis, a retail analyst observes consistent peaks in sales every December and troughs every February. This pattern repeats annually. Which component of time series does this represent?
90A data analyst runs an A/B test on a new website layout. The test yields a p-value of 0.04 with the null hypothesis being no difference in conversion rates. The significance threshold is α=0.05. Which of the following is the correct conclusion?
91A dataset contains a column 'Age' with values: [22, 25, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45]. What is the interquartile range (IQR)?
92A data analyst wants to understand the relationship between advertising spend and sales revenue. The analyst calculates a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.85. Which of the following is the best interpretation?
93In a logistic regression model predicting customer churn (1 = churn, 0 = not churn), the coefficient for 'contract length' is -0.5. Which of the following is the correct interpretation?
94A data analyst is cleaning a dataset and finds that 5% of values in the 'income' column are missing. The analyst decides to impute missing values using the mean of the non-missing values. Which potential issue should the analyst be most concerned about?
95A data analyst wants to use a Z-score to standardize a dataset. The variable has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 10. What is the Z-score for a raw value of 70?
96A data scientist is using K-means clustering with k=3. After the first iteration, the centroids are recalculated. Which step occurs next in the algorithm?
97A data analyst is evaluating data quality for a customer database. Which TWO dimensions of data quality are most directly affected by duplicate customer records?
98A data analyst is performing a chi-square test of independence on a contingency table of customer satisfaction (satisfied, neutral, dissatisfied) by region (North, South, East, West). Which THREE of the following are necessary assumptions for the test?
99A data analyst is preparing to run an A/B test comparing two email subject lines. Which TWO of the following should the analyst define before the test begins?
100A data analyst calculates the mean, median, and mode of a dataset. Which of the following measures of central tendency is least affected by extreme outliers?
101A data analyst is conducting an A/B test on a website's landing page. The null hypothesis is that there is no difference in conversion rates between the control and treatment groups. After collecting data, the analyst calculates a p-value of 0.03. Using a significance level of α = 0.05, what is the correct conclusion?
102A data scientist is analyzing a dataset with multiple features and wants to apply k-means clustering to segment customers. She chooses k = 4 based on the elbow method. During the iteration process, which of the following correctly describes a step in the k-means algorithm?
103An analyst is performing a linear regression and obtains an R-squared value of 0.85. Which of the following is the best interpretation?
104A dataset contains the ages of 100 customers. The analyst wants to transform the ages to a 0-1 range for use in a distance-based algorithm. Which technique should be used?
105A data analyst is testing whether the average sales amount differs between two regions. Which statistical test is most appropriate?
106In time series decomposition, a pattern that repeats at regular intervals (e.g., weekly, yearly) is called:
107Which data quality dimension is most concerned with whether data values fall within a defined domain or acceptable range?
108A data analyst is examining the relationship between advertising spend (in dollars) and revenue (in dollars). The Pearson correlation coefficient r is calculated as +0.92. Which of the following interpretations is correct?
109A data analyst is cleaning a dataset and finds that a numeric field has several missing values. The variable is normally distributed. Which imputation method is most appropriate?
110In a multiple regression model with three predictors, the coefficient for one predictor is 5.2 with a p-value of 0.001. Which of the following is the best interpretation?
111A data analyst wants to compare the means of three different training methods on employee productivity. Which statistical test is most appropriate?
112A data analyst is preparing a dataset for analysis and needs to handle outliers. Which TWO of the following are common methods for treating outliers?
113An analyst is conducting an A/B test on a new checkout process. To calculate sample size, which THREE factors must be considered?
114A data analyst is building a logistic regression model to predict whether a customer will churn (yes/no). Which TWO statements about logistic regression are correct?
115A data analyst is examining sales data for a retail chain and notices that the mean monthly sales is $50,000 while the median is $35,000. Which of the following best describes the distribution of the sales data?
116A data analyst is comparing the average test scores of students who attended a tutoring program versus those who did not. Which statistical test is most appropriate for determining if there is a significant difference between the means of these two independent groups?
117In a linear regression model predicting house prices, the coefficient for the number of bedrooms is $30,000 and the intercept is $50,000. If a house has 3 bedrooms, what is the predicted price?
118A data analyst wants to segment customers into groups based on their purchasing behavior. The dataset includes numerical features such as annual income and purchase frequency. Which algorithm is most appropriate for this task?
119A data analyst is preparing data for a k-nearest neighbors algorithm. The features include age (0-100) and income (0-200,000). Which technique should be applied to ensure the distance metric is not dominated by income?
120A data analyst is cleaning a dataset and finds that the 'age' column has several missing values. Which of the following is a valid method for handling missing numerical data?
121An analyst is conducting an A/B test to compare two website designs. The null hypothesis is that there is no difference in conversion rates. The p-value obtained is 0.03, and the significance threshold is 0.05. What should the analyst conclude?
122In time series decomposition, a data analyst separates a retail sales series into trend, seasonal, and residual components. After decomposition, the residual component shows no pattern and is random. Which of the following best describes the seasonal component?
123A data analyst needs to identify outliers in a dataset. Which of the following is a common method based on the interquartile range (IQR)?
124A data analyst is evaluating a multiple regression model with three predictors. The R² value is 0.85. Which of the following is the best interpretation of R²?
125A data analyst is performing a chi-square test of independence on a contingency table of customer satisfaction (satisfied vs. dissatisfied) and product type (A, B, C). The test yields a p-value of 0.04 with α = 0.05. What is the correct conclusion?
126A data analyst is working with a dataset that includes a column 'income' with values ranging from 20,000 to 150,000. To standardize this variable for a linear regression that assumes normally distributed residuals, which method should be used?
127A data analyst is preparing a dataset for analysis and needs to ensure data quality. Which TWO of the following are dimensions of data quality?
128A data analyst is performing K-means clustering on customer data. Which THREE of the following are steps in the K-means algorithm?
129An analyst is preparing data for an A/B test and wants to ensure valid results. Which TWO of the following should be considered when calculating the required sample size?
130A data analyst is analyzing customer purchase amounts. The dataset contains several extreme high values due to luxury purchases. Which measure of central tendency is most robust to these outliers?
131In A/B testing, the null hypothesis typically states that:
132A data scientist is performing K-means clustering on customer data. She plots the within-cluster sum of squares (WCSS) for different values of k and observes an 'elbow' at k=4. What does this indicate?
133A data analyst is asked to compare the average sales across three different store locations. The data is normally distributed and variances are approximately equal. Which statistical test is most appropriate?
134In simple linear regression, the coefficient of determination R² measures:
135A dataset contains a feature 'Age' with values ranging from 18 to 95. To prepare data for a k-nearest neighbors algorithm, which transformation should be applied to 'Age'?
136A data analyst is testing whether a new website layout increases conversion rate. The p-value from the test is 0.03. Using a significance level of 0.05, what is the correct conclusion?
137In time series analysis, which component represents regular patterns that repeat over fixed periods, such as daily or yearly?
138Which data quality dimension ensures that data represents the real-world object or event correctly?
139A marketing analyst wants to predict whether a customer will churn (yes/no) based on account age and monthly charges. Which regression technique is most appropriate?
140A dataset contains a variable 'Income' with many missing values. The analyst decides to impute missing values with the median income of the non-missing values. Which type of imputation is this?
141A data analyst is comparing the means of two independent groups using a t-test. The sample sizes are small and the data is not normally distributed. Which condition is violated for a valid t-test?
142A data analyst is preparing a dataset for analysis and needs to address data quality issues. Which TWO of the following are common data cleaning tasks?
143A data analyst is performing a chi-square test for independence between two categorical variables. Which THREE of the following are necessary conditions for the test to be valid?
144An analyst is planning an A/B test to compare two website designs. Which TWO factors should be considered when calculating the required sample size?
145A data analyst is summarizing the central tendency of a dataset with extreme outliers. Which measure is most robust to outliers?
146A data scientist is building a model to predict customer churn (yes/no). After training a logistic regression model, the coefficient for 'monthly charges' is 0.05 with a p-value of 0.03. Which interpretation is correct at α=0.05?
147A dataset contains height measurements in centimeters and inches. An analyst wants to apply k-means clustering. Which data transformation should be applied before clustering?
148In a simple linear regression model y = 2.5 + 1.2x, what is the predicted value of y when x = 10?
149A data analyst is performing time series analysis on monthly sales data and notices a consistent pattern of higher sales every December. Which component of time series does this represent?
150An analyst runs an A/B test with 1000 users per group and observes a conversion rate of 5% in the control and 6% in the treatment. The p-value is 0.12. What should the analyst conclude?
151A dataset has missing values in the 'age' column. The distribution of age is approximately normal with few outliers. Which imputation method is most appropriate?
152Which measure best describes the spread of the middle 50% of a dataset?
153An analyst calculates a Pearson correlation coefficient of -0.8 between advertising spend and customer churn rate. Which interpretation is correct?
154A data analyst uses the elbow method to determine the number of clusters for k-means. The plot shows a sharp bend at k=3 and a small bend at k=5. What is the recommended number of clusters?
155In a multiple regression model, one predictor has a high p-value (0.45). What should the analyst consider doing?
156A data analyst is cleaning a customer dataset. Which two actions are appropriate for handling duplicate records? (Choose TWO)
157A data scientist is conducting an A/B test with a significance level of 0.05. Which three factors should be considered when calculating the required sample size? (Choose THREE)
158A dataset contains outliers in a feature that will be used for linear regression. Which two outlier treatment methods are appropriate? (Choose TWO)
159A data analyst calculates the mean, median, and mode of a dataset. Which of the following best describes how these measures are used in descriptive statistics?
160An analyst is comparing the average sales of two different store locations using a t-test. The p-value obtained is 0.03, and the significance level is 0.05. What should the analyst conclude?
161A data scientist builds a simple linear regression model to predict house prices based on square footage. The model yields an R-squared value of 0.85. Which statement accurately interprets this result?
162An analyst is performing a logistic regression to predict customer churn (yes/no). The model outputs a probability of 0.75 for a particular customer. Which of the following best describes the interpretation?
163A dataset contains features with vastly different scales (e.g., age 0-100 and income 0-1,000,000). Which data transformation should be applied before using a K-nearest neighbors algorithm?
164A marketing team uses K-means clustering to segment customers based on purchase history. To determine the optimal number of clusters, they plot the within-cluster sum of squares (WCSS) against k and look for an elbow. What is the purpose of this method?
165A time series of monthly sales data exhibits a clear upward trend over several years, with consistent peaks each December. Which components are present in this series?
166In an A/B test, the null hypothesis states that there is no difference between the control and treatment groups. After running the test, the p-value is 0.04. Assuming α = 0.05, what is the correct conclusion?
167A data analyst notices that a dataset of customer ages has several missing values. Which method for handling missing data is most appropriate if the data is missing completely at random and the analyst wants to preserve sample size?
168A data analyst is cleaning a dataset and finds that some records have duplicate entries based on customer ID. Which data quality dimension is most directly affected by these duplicates?
169Which statistical test should be used to determine if there is a significant association between two categorical variables, such as gender and product preference?
170An analyst wants to compare the mean sales revenue across three different store regions. The data is normally distributed and variances are equal. Which statistical test is most appropriate?
171A data team is preparing data for a clustering analysis. Which THREE of the following steps are commonly part of data cleaning?
172An analyst is conducting an A/B test on a new website layout. Which TWO of the following must be defined before the test begins?
173Which TWO of the following are true about Pearson correlation coefficient (r)?
174A data analyst calculates the mean, median, and mode of a sales dataset and finds they are all equal. Which type of distribution does this indicate?
175A retailer wants to test if a new website layout increases the average time spent on the site. They split traffic: control group (old layout) and treatment group (new layout). Which statistical test is most appropriate to compare the average time spent between the two groups?
176A data scientist builds a logistic regression model to predict customer churn (yes/no). The model outputs a probability of 0.75 for a particular customer. Which of the following best describes this output?
177A dataset contains employee salaries ranging from $30,000 to $200,000. An analyst wants to scale the salaries to a range of 0 to 1 for use in a distance-based clustering algorithm. Which method should they use?
178A marketing team runs an A/B test on email subject lines. The p-value is 0.03 with α = 0.05. Which of the following is the correct interpretation?
179An analyst uses K-means clustering on customer purchase data. After plotting the within-cluster sum of squares for different values of k, they observe an elbow at k=4. What is the most appropriate number of clusters?
180Which data quality dimension is violated if a customer record has a missing phone number?
181A simple linear regression model predicts sales (y) from advertising spend (x). The equation is y = 2.5x + 10, and R² = 0.81. Which interpretation is correct?
182A data analyst has a time series of monthly sales data. They observe that sales are consistently higher every December and lower every January. Which component of time series does this pattern represent?
183Which data cleaning method involves replacing a missing value with the average of the available values in that column?
184An analyst compares average sales across three different store locations using a statistical test. Which test is most appropriate?
185In A/B testing, which factor is increased by having a larger sample size?
186A data analyst is preparing a dataset for a machine learning algorithm that assumes normally distributed features. Which TWO data transformation methods should the analyst consider to achieve this?
187A retail company wants to segment its customers based on purchase history. Which THREE methods are appropriate for customer segmentation?
188A data analyst is cleaning a dataset and identifies several outliers. Which TWO methods are appropriate for handling outliers?
189A data analyst calculates the mean, median, and mode of a dataset. Which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme outliers?
190A retail company wants to analyze monthly sales data over the past three years to identify long-term trends. Which component of time series analysis is most relevant for this goal?
191An analyst runs a simple linear regression with an R² value of 0.85. Which interpretation is correct?
192A data scientist is performing a hypothesis test with a significance level α=0.05. The p-value obtained is 0.03. What should the scientist conclude?
193A marketing team runs an A/B test comparing two webpage designs. The null hypothesis states there is no difference in conversion rates. The p-value is 0.08 at α=0.05. Which is the correct interpretation?
194A dataset contains a feature with values ranging from 10 to 1000. The analyst applies min-max normalization to scale the feature between 0 and 1. What is the normalized value of 520?
195Which data quality dimension ensures that data represents the real-world scenario correctly and without errors?
196A financial analyst wants to compare the mean annual returns of three different investment strategies. Which statistical test is most appropriate?
197In logistic regression, the output is a probability between 0 and 1. If the predicted probability for a customer churning is 0.7 and the decision threshold is 0.5, what is the predicted class?
198A data analyst is cleaning a dataset and finds that the 'age' column has several missing values. Which method of handling missing values is least likely to introduce bias if the missingness is completely at random?
199A data scientist applies K-means clustering to a customer dataset. The elbow method suggests using 4 clusters. After running K-means with k=4, the within-cluster sum of squares (WCSS) is plotted against k, and the elbow is at k=4. What does this indicate?
200A retail company wants to identify customer segments based on purchase history and demographics. Which technique is most appropriate for this task?
201An analyst is preparing data for a clustering algorithm that uses Euclidean distance. Which TWO data preprocessing techniques should be applied to ensure all features contribute equally?
202A data analyst is evaluating the quality of a customer database. Which THREE of the following are dimensions of data quality?
203A researcher is designing an A/B test to compare two website layouts. Which TWO elements are essential for determining the required sample size?
204A data analyst is examining the distribution of customer ages in a dataset. The ages are: 22, 25, 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 40, 42, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65. Which measure of central tendency would be least affected by an outlier if a value of 120 is incorrectly recorded as age 120?
205A company wants to determine if there is a significant difference in the average sales revenue between two different store layouts. They collect sales data from 30 stores with Layout A and 30 stores with Layout B. Which statistical test is most appropriate for comparing the means of these two independent groups?
206In a regression analysis, the coefficient of determination (R²) is 0.85. How should this value be interpreted?
207A data scientist is building a K-means clustering model for customer segmentation. After plotting the within-cluster sum of squares (WCSS) against the number of clusters (k), she observes that the WCSS decreases sharply until k=5 and then levels off. Which value of k should she choose based on the elbow method?
208A stock analyst is analyzing monthly sales data for a retail company and observes a consistent pattern of high sales every December. This pattern is most likely an example of which time series component?
209In an A/B test, the null hypothesis states that there is no difference between the conversion rates of the control and treatment groups. After collecting data, the p-value is 0.03. Using a significance level α = 0.05, what should the analyst conclude?
210A data analyst is preparing features for a machine learning model that uses distance-based algorithms (e.g., K-means, KNN). The dataset contains numerical features with different scales: age (0-100), income (20,000-200,000), and credit score (300-850). Which data transformation technique is most appropriate to ensure all features contribute equally to the distance calculations?
211A logistic regression model is used to predict the probability of customer churn. The model's coefficient for the feature 'customer support calls' is 0.8 with a p-value of 0.001. Which interpretation is correct?
212A dataset contains customer records with a column for 'Phone Number' that should be unique. However, the analyst finds several duplicate phone numbers. Which data quality dimension is primarily affected?
213A data analyst is examining the relationship between advertising spend (in thousands) and sales (in thousands). The Pearson correlation coefficient is computed as r = -0.85. Which of the following interpretations is correct?
214A data analyst is cleaning a dataset with missing values in a time series of daily temperatures. The missing values occur sporadically. Which imputation method is most appropriate to maintain the temporal trend?
215A data analyst wants to test if the proportion of customers who prefer Product A over Product B is different from 50%. She surveys 200 customers and finds that 120 prefer Product A. Which statistical test should she use?
216A data analyst is performing data cleaning on a dataset and identifies several outliers in the 'age' column. Which TWO methods are appropriate for handling these outliers? (Select two.)
217A company is planning an A/B test to compare two website designs. Which THREE of the following must be determined before the test begins to ensure valid results? (Select three.)
218A data analyst wants to segment customers based on purchasing behavior such as frequency, monetary value, and recency. Which TWO clustering evaluation methods can help determine the optimal number of clusters? (Select two.)
219A data analyst is reviewing a dataset containing house prices. The mean price is $350,000 and the median is $280,000. Which of the following best describes the distribution of house prices?
220A data scientist runs a linear regression model to predict customer spending based on income. The R-squared value is 0.45 and the p-value for the slope coefficient is 0.03. At a significance level of α=0.05, which of the following conclusions is correct?
221Which TWO of the following are measures of central tendency?
222A data analyst is cleaning a dataset with missing values. Which TWO of the following are acceptable methods for handling missing numerical data?
223An analyst wants to compare the average sales revenue across three different store locations. Which TWO statistical methods are appropriate for this comparison?
224Which TWO of the following are appropriate uses of min-max normalisation?
225A data analyst is performing a chi-square test of independence on a 2x2 contingency table. The p-value is 0.04. At α=0.05, which THREE of the following statements are correct?
226A company runs an A/B test to compare a new website layout (treatment) against the current layout (control). The conversion rate for the control is 5% and for the treatment is 5.5%. The p-value is 0.06 at α=0.05. Which THREE of the following conclusions are valid?
227An analyst is performing K-means clustering on customer data. The elbow method shows a clear bend at k=4. Which THREE of the following are true about K-means clustering with k=4?
228Which TWO of the following are components of time series data?
229A logistic regression model predicts customer churn (0=no churn, 1=churn). The model outputs probabilities. Which THREE of the following statements about logistic regression are correct?
230Which TWO of the following data quality dimensions are most directly affected by duplicate records?
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