Suppose data mining is employed to answer the following questions. Which is considered a regression problem?
A) Whether or not a customer would be interested in wireless internet capabilities?
B) How much does a customer spend on all household communication-related
Expenditures?
C) Whether or not a customer would be interested in flexible cable TV plans
(subscribe to different channels on different days/times)?
D) Both A and B.
E) All of the above.

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A regression problem is one in which the goal is to predict a continuous numerical value. Option B asks for a specific numerical value (amount spent) and hence can be considered a regression problem. Option A and C ask for categorical values (yes or no) and therefore are not regression problems.

Suppose Data Mining Is Employed to Answer the Following Questions