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What is classification in data mining?
Updated May 15, 2026
Short answer
Classification assigns data points to predefined categories.
Deep explanation
It is a supervised learning technique where models learn from labeled data to predict class labels. Algorithms include decision trees, logistic regression, and SVM.
Real-world example
Spam email detection systems.
Common mistakes
- Confusing classification with clustering.
Follow-up questions
- What is supervised learning?
- What is overfitting?