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# [Handling Class Imbalance](https://dsblog.hashnode.dev/042018-handling-class-imbalance?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What is class imbalance? When we’re dealing with a classification task, we have a model that tries to classify a record into some sort of category. Sometimes it’s whether or not a tumor is cancerous, or whether or not an application for a loan is acc...

Apr 1, 2018 · 5 min read · dsblog.hashnode.dev  
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