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Calibration

Model Evaluation · Level 2 of 5

Calibration

Agreement between predicted probabilities and observed outcome frequencies.

A well-calibrated score of 0.8 should correspond to about 80 percent positives in comparable cases.

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Among many 80-percent predictions, roughly four out of five are correct.

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Calibration. Agreement between predicted probabilities and observed outcome frequencies. A well-calibrated score of 0.8 should correspond to about 80 percent positives in comparable cases. For example: Among many 80-percent predictions, roughly four out of five are correct.

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