diff --git a/Questions concerning R language.md b/Questions concerning R language.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d345d70 --- /dev/null +++ b/Questions concerning R language.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +*###Applied* +This problem involves the `OJ` data set which is part of the `ISLR` package. +* Create a training set containing a random sample of 800 observations, and a test set containing the remaining observations. +* Fit a support vector classifier to the training data using `cost=0.01`, with `Purchase` as the response and the other variables as predictors. Use the `summary()` function to produce summary statistics, and describe the results obtained. +* What are the training and test error rates? +* Use the `tune()` function to select an optimal cost. Consider values in the range 0.01 to 10. +* Compute the training and test error rates using this new value for `cost`. +* Repeat parts (ii) through (v) using a support vector machine with a radial kernel. Use the default value for `gamma`. +* Repeat parts (ii) through (v) using a support vector machine with a polynomial kernel. Set `degree=2`. +* Overall, which approach seems to give the best results on this data? + +*###Conceptual* +Here we explore the maximal margin classifier on a toy data set. +* We are given n = 7 observations in p = 2 dimensions. For each observation, there is an associated class label. +| Obs. | X1 | X2 | Y | +| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | +| 1 | 3 | 4 | Red | +| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red | +| 3 | 4 | 4 | Red | +| 4 | 1 | 4 | Red | +| 5 | 2 | 1 | Blue | +| 6 | 4 | 3 | Blue | +| 7 | 4 | 1 | Blue | + +Sketch the observations. +* Sketch the optimal separating hyperplane, and provide the equa- tion for this hyperplane. +* Describe the classification rule for the maximal margin classifier. It should be something along the lines of “Classify to Red if β0 + β1X1 + β2X2 > 0, and classify to Blue otherwise.” Provide the values for β0, β1, and β2. +* On your sketch, indicate the margin for the maximal margin hyperplane. +* Indicate the support vectors for the maximal margin classifier. +* Argue that a slight movement of the seventh observation would not affect the maximal margin hyperplane. +* Sketch a hyperplane that is not the optimal separating hyper- plane, and provide the equation for this hyperplane. +* Draw an additional observation on the plot so that the two classes are no longer separable by a hyperplane. + + + +