Balancing Classes in Classification Problems Note: You can also read this post on my blog: Balancing Classes in Classification Problems In my last post I wrote about common classifications metrics and, especially, calibration. With calibration in mind…matthewrkaye.com Introduction In my last post I wrote about common classifications metrics and, especially, calibration. With calibration in mind, this post will show why balancing your classes — which is an all-too-common practice when working on classification…

Note: You can also read this post on my blog: Calibration and Evaluating Classification Models There's something of a complexity trajectory in evaluating classification models that I've observed over the past few…matthewrkaye.com Introduction There’s something of a complexity trajectory in evaluating classification models that I’ve observed over the past few years. It starts with accuracy. But soon after learning about accuracy, data scientists are taught that accuracy is problematic for two reasons:

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