Does the solution meet the goal?

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You are creating a new experiment in Azure Machine Learning Studio.

One class has a much smaller number of observations than the other classes in the training set.

You need to select an appropriate data sampling strategy to compensate for the class imbalance.

Solution: You use the Scale and Reduce sampling mode.

Does the solution meet the goal?
A . Yes
B. No

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Answer: B

Explanation:

Instead use the Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique (SMOTE) sampling mode.

Note: SMOTE is used to increase the number of underepresented cases in a dataset used for machine learning. SMOTE is a better way of increasing the number of rare cases than simply duplicating existing cases.

Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/studio-module-reference/smote