Data/ML/AI

Classification vs Regression

Also written as Classification Model, Regression Model, Binary Classification

The two everyday prediction shapes. Classification picks a category, such as spam or not spam. Regression predicts a number, such as next month's demand.

Think of it like

Sorting post into pigeonholes, versus estimating what the parcel weighs.

Junior or senior?

Tells you what a model actually did in one sentence.

Senior sounds like

Chose the framing deliberately and can explain why the problem wasn't the other one.

Ask them

“Was the model predicting a category or a number, and why was that the right shape for the problem?”