Easy Cross-Validation Question 69 of 223

How does k-fold cross-validation work?

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You cut the data into k folds, train on k minus one, and score the held-out fold.

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You cut the data
into k folds, train on k minus one, and score the held-out fold.
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You rotate until every
fold has been the validation set once.
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The reported number is
the mean score, often with the standard deviation.
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“You rotate until every fold has been the validation set once.”

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You cut the data into k folds, train on k minus one, and score the held-out fold. You rotate until every fold has been the validation set once.