Definition: Cross validation

Category: Memobust Glossary

Method used to test the robustness of the models, quantifying their predictive power by leaving out one or more observations when fitting the models, and subsequently assessing the model predictions for the left-out observation(s). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Source:
Eurostat, "Memobust Glossary" (part of the Memobust Handbook on Methodology of Modern Business Statistics), ESSnet "Memobust", March 2014
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