Question 3 (2 points)

We are going to use the Naïve Bayes algorithm to predict whether someone will be hospitalized with

covid, and we are going to use two predictors:

o

o

whether a person is above 60 years old

whether a person has been vaccinated

Argue for or against the following statement: "Naïve Bayes' conditional independence assumption is

appropriate here" (1 point)

Now we are going to use the Naïve Bayes algorithm to predict whether a summer was unusually hot or

not. We are going to use two predictors:

o Ice cream sales volume

o The number of emergency room visits for excessive sunburn

Argue for or against the following statement: "Naïve Bayes' conditional independence assumption is

appropriate here" (1 point)