54What is a confusion matrix, and give a concrete case where accuracy is misleading.▼easyGoogleMicrosoftScale1 replies◆ premiumA confusion matrix is the 2x2 of right and wrong predictions per class, and it is the reason a 99% accurate fraud model can be useless. The worked imbalance example, and how reading the matrix as precision and recall fixes the lie.Open full answer →
14An exec asks point-blank: 'Can it be 100% accurate?' Answer without lying, and without losing the deal.▼easyHarveyAnthropicSierra1 replies○ sign inSay 'yes' and you've failed the integrity test; say 'no' flatly and you've failed the deal. The pass is a three-beat answer that turns the question into the reason to buy. Here's the script.Open full answer →