A data scientist will use Amazon SageMaker Data Wrangler to ingest historical S3 data for exploratory data analysis to find rare anomalies. To minimize compute resources while performing EDA, which import option should the data scientist choose?
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Correct answer: Import the data using the First K option, selecting K based on domain knowledge..
Why this is the answer
The "First K" import option in SageMaker Data Wrangler is ideal for minimizing compute resources during exploratory data analysis (EDA) when looking for rare anomalies. By importing only the first K rows, the data scientist can quickly inspect a subset of the data without processing the entire dataset. This is particularly efficient for large datasets. The value of K should be chosen based on domain knowledge to ensure a representative, yet manageable, sample for initial anomaly detection. The "None" option imports the entire dataset, which would maximize compute resources and is inefficient for initial EDA on large datasets. The "Stratified" option is useful for maintaining class proportions but doesn't inherently minimize compute resources as effectively as "First K" for initial anomaly search, as it still processes more data to ensure stratification. The "Randomized" option samples data randomly, which might miss rare anomalies if the sample size is too small, and still requires more processing than "First K" to generate a random sample from the entire dataset.
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