Title: evaluation data
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - evaluation data
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.10050
Status: current

Definition
Data used to validate a model.

Notes
1) Evaluation data should be independent of the data used to calibrate or train a model.
2) "Test data" is also used for data from an unknown sample, and should not be used for "evaluation data".

Related Term
- model: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/10077

Source
- PAC, 2016, 88, 407. 'Vocabulary of concepts and terms in chemometrics (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 410 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2015-0605)

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Citation: Citation: 'evaluation data' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.10050
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