How do classification and regression differ? Give an example of each.
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Classification predicts a category or category probability, such as whether a customer will cancel a subscription. Regression predicts a numerical quantity, such as next month’s energy usage. The business target determines the task, not whether the input columns contain numbers. A model that estimates cancellation probability still supports a classification problem, and the final decision needs a threshold. Evaluate classification with suitable class-sensitive metrics and regression with errors in meaningful units. The cost of errors and deployment conditions should guide metric selection.
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