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Unmask the Hypocrite Classifier

Unmask the Hypocrite Classifier

Familiarize yourself with the techniques of a Hypocrite Classifier.

The predict_death classifier does not add any insight, it outperforms the random classifier concerning overall accuracy. This exploits the prevalence, the ratio between the two possible values, not being 0.5.

The confusion matrix reveals more details on certain areas. For example, it shows that the predict_death classifier lacks any recall and predicts actual positives. This is no surprise since ...