Glossary term
What is Validation set?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Validation set" means: A second hold-back taken from the training rows, used like a practice exam to compare settings. It is taught in Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model. Related terms include Test set, Data leakage, Training set and Impute. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Validation set?
A second hold-back taken from the training rows, used like a practice exam to compare settings.
Where is Validation set taught?
Validation set is defined in Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model.
Which lessons cover Validation set?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model, lesson 4.4: Underfitting, overfitting and the validation set
Which terms are related to Validation set?
Next to Validation set in the course glossaries: Test set, Data leakage, Training set, Impute, Accuracy, Median, Baseline and One-hot encoding.
Test setData leakageTraining setImputeAccuracyMedianBaselineOne-hot encoding
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Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Validation set?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Machine Learning With Python: From Zero to a Working Model: Basic Python: variables, lists, dictionaries, functions, and running a .py file from a terminal.