Problem
1. For each of the following The Quant Shop prediction challenges, propose available data that might make it feasible to employ nearest-neighbor/analogical methods to the task:
(a) Miss Universe.
(b) Movie gross.
(c) Baby weight.
(d) Art auction price.
(e) White Christmas.
(f) Football champions.
(g) Ghoul pool.
(h) Gold/oil prices.
2. Perform k-means clustering manually on the following points, for k = 2:
S = {(1, 4),(1, 3),(0, 4),(5, 1),(6, 2),(4, 0)}
Plot the points and the final clusters.