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target leakage

noun

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The inadvertent inclusion of information in the training features that would be unavailable at prediction time, inflating apparent accuracy.

The model looked flawless until we caught the target leakage: a field that only gets populated after the sale closes.

Similar: label leakage

Topic: Data & analytics in Business English

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