Question 1

What does Naive Bayes model that logistic regression does not?

Accepted Answer

Students can explain generative vs discriminative modeling, conditional independence assumptions, and implement Naive Bayes for text classification (log space, Laplace smoothing).

Question 2

When can a “wrong” generative assumption still work well?

Accepted Answer

Students can explain generative vs discriminative modeling, conditional independence assumptions, and implement Naive Bayes for text classification (log space, Laplace smoothing).

Question 3

Why smoothing is required?

Accepted Answer

Students can explain generative vs discriminative modeling, conditional independence assumptions, and implement Naive Bayes for text classification (log space, Laplace smoothing).

Probabilistic ML Thinking (Naive Bayes)