AAIA AI Auditing Tools And Techniques Practice Question
When auditing model explainability, why is it risky to rely solely on 'Global Feature Importance'?
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
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It fails to explain individual decisions
Global importance explains the model overall, but individual predictions (local) may be driven by different factors.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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It lacks local prediction accuracy
Why it's wrong here
Global importance is mathematically sound, just less specific.
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It uses too much memory
Why it's wrong here
Memory is not a primary constraint for global importance.
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It fails to explain individual decisions
Why this is correct
Local explainability is needed for individual request transparency.
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It is only for regression models
Why it's wrong here
It works for both classification and regression.
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