Practice Time Complexity Of Selection Sort (11.1.6) - Selection Sort - Design & Analysis of Algorithms

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Question 1.
What does selection sort do?
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Think of how you might organize physical items by size.
Question 2.
What is the time complexity of selection sort?
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Remember how we calculate time complexity through operations.
3Question 3.
What is the primary purpose of selection sort?
- To search an element
- To sort an array
- To find the median
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Think back to what selection sort accomplishes.
4Question 4.
Selection sort uses a time complexity of O(n²). True or False?
- True
- False
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Reflect on the comparisons made in the algorithm.
Question 5.
Develop a program to implement selection sort both iteratively and recursively. Execute the algorithm on an array of your choice and print the sorted output.
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Start with the iterative version, then adapt it for recursion.
Question 6.
Given a large dataset, discuss when it would be more beneficial to use selection sort in practice despite its O(n²) complexity.
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Think of scenarios involving specific types of data or logistical constraints.

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