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MLS-C01 Modeling Practice Question

Which TWO of the following are common techniques to handle missing values in a dataset?

Answer choices

Why each option matters

Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.

Correct answer & explanation

Remove rows with missing values

Options D and E are correct. D is correct because removing rows with missing values (listwise deletion) is a common approach when missing data is random and not extensive. E is correct because imputation with mean or median fills missing values with central tendency measures, preserving data size. A (standardization) is a scaling technique, not for missing values. B (PCA) is a dimensionality reduction method. C (one-hot encoding) is for converting categorical variables into numerical format, not for handling missing values.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.

  • Standardization

    Why it's wrong here

    Standardization is for scaling features.

  • Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

    Why it's wrong here

    PCA is for dimensionality reduction.

  • One-hot encoding

    Why it's wrong here

    One-hot encoding is for categorical variables.

  • Remove rows with missing values

    Why this is correct

    Removing rows is a simple approach.

  • Imputation with mean or median

    Why this is correct

    Imputation fills missing values with a central tendency.

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