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re are four descriptive features and one target feature in this data

et:

AGE, a continuous feature listing the age of the individual

EDUCATION, a categorical feature listing the highest education award achieved by the individual $($high school, bachelors, doctorate$)$

MARITAL STATUS $($never married, married, divorced$)$

OCCUPATION $($transport $=$ works in the transportation industry; professional $=$ doctors, lawyers, etc.; agriculture $=$ works in the agricultural industry; armed forces $=$ is a member of the armed forces$)$

ANNUAL INCOME, the target feature with $3$ levels $(<25$K$,25$K$50$K$,>50$K$)$

a$.$ Calculate the entropy for this dataset.

b$.$ Calculate information gain $($based on entropy$)$ for the EDUCATION, MARITAL STATUS, and OCCUPATION features.$$

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