Data and feature engineering · MLD-1206
Target leakage
An input or processing step reveals information about the target unavailable at prediction time.
Original reference page · detailed expansion pending. Original definitions, examples, notes and citations are preserved below. New examples are illustrative, not benchmark results.
Original example
Predict churn using a cancellation timestamp.
Original caveat
High validation scores can be a symptom, not proof.
Context and aliases
Level: Intermediate. Stages: Data · Training · Evaluation.
Tags: ML · DL · SLM · LLM.
Aliases: None recorded.
Related concepts
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Original references
- scikit-learn: cross-validation ↗ · Reference link
- scikit-learn: missing-value imputation ↗ · Reference link
- scikit-learn: preprocessing ↗ · Reference link
- scikit-learn: feature selection ↗ · Reference link
- Original reference URL ↗