evaluation data

synonym: validation data
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10050

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".
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)