Oversampling forces a classification method to
A) discriminate between groups
B) classifying records correctly
C) classifying records incorrectly
D) perform a large number of iterations

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Oversampling is a technique used to balance imbalanced datasets. When the minority class is oversampled, it forces the classification method to learn how to discriminate between the minority and majority classes, improving its ability to classify records correctly. Therefore, choice A is the best answer as oversampling improves the performance of a classification method by forcing it to learn how to discriminate between groups.

Oversampling Forces a Classification Method to