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Logistic regression prediction situations

2025-hsc-se-q12 · Multiple Response · 2 marks

Source: NESA 2025 HSC Software Engineering HSC Q12

Question

For which of the following situations would logistic regression be used when training a machine learning model to make predictions?

Select all that apply.

Options

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Reveal answer
  • A. Identifying whether a received email is spam
  • B. Determining the outcome of a two-party election
  • F. Working out if someone will be admitted to a university course

Marking rubric

MarksDescription
2Identifies true or false correctly for all six check boxes.
1Identifies true or false correctly for four of the six check boxes.

Explanation

Logistic regression is commonly used for classification problems where the result belongs to a category, such as yes/no or one of two outcomes.

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Created
2026-05-02
Status
published
Syllabus
y12-auto-ml-algorithm-types y12-auto-regression-models
Tags
logistic regression machine learning classification prediction