Which preprocessing steps can improve model performance? (Select all that apply)

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When considering preprocessing steps that can boost model performance, we evaluate how each option affects the data and learning process.
Option: Feature scaling. Scaling features helps many algorithms, especially those relying on distance or gradient computations (e.g., k-NN, SVM, and gradient-based models), by ensuring that all features contribute proportionally and that the optimizer converges more efficiently. This reduces bias due to differing scales and often improves accuracy and training stability.
Option: Removing outliers. Outliers can distort the learning process, skew parameter estimates, and degrade model performance. By identifying and removing or mitigating extreme values, models can fit the typical pattern in the data more effectively, enhancing generalization.
Option: Skipping cross-validation. This is generally detrimental to performance assessment and model selection. Skipping cross-validation can lead to overfitting to a particular train-test split and gives an unreliable estimate of generalization performance, which does not directly improve the model but harms evaluation and selection.
Option: Adding irrelevant features. Introducing features that do not carry predictive information adds noise, increases dimensionality, and can confuse the model, often leading to worse performance due to the curse of dimensionality and potential overfitting.

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