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5.5 - Splitting Dataset into Training and Test Set

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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is the purpose of splitting a dataset?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what a model needs to learn and what it needs to be tested on.

Question 2

Easy

What are the two main subsets of a dataset after splitting?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what you use to train the model and what you use to check its performance.

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Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is the main purpose of the test set?

  • To train the model
  • To evaluate model performance
  • To collect data

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what happens after training a model.

Question 2

True or False: The test set should be used for training the model.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the meaning of 'testing' in model evaluation.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Given a dataset of 1,000 samples, calculate how you would split it if you wanted to use 70% for the training set and 30% for the test set, and explain your method.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember the importance of proportion when splitting.

Question 2

Discuss how choosing a random_state value of 42 affects your training/test split and the reproducibility of your results.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the variability in results and how reproduction is crucial in experiments.

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