Q1. [2]
With reference to data processing, expand the term TFIDF. Also give any two applications of TFIDF.
Previously asked in CBSE board exam
2023 104 Q16
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Model Answer
TFIDF stands for Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency.
Two applications of TFIDF:
- Keyword Extraction – It helps identify the most important/valuable words in a document by assigning higher scores to rare but significant terms.
- Text Classification – It is used to classify documents into categories by determining the relevance of words within them.
Explanation
- The full form alone can fetch 1 mark; each application is worth ½ mark each (totalling 1 mark) — so never skip the expansion.
- TFIDF measures how important a word is to a document in a corpus: high TF but low IDF = common word (stop word); low TF but high IDF = rare, valuable word.
- Other valid applications include: search engines, sentiment analysis, document summarisation, and information retrieval — any two are acceptable.
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