I think best_estimator_ could also be clarified a bit more to say that it
is refit on all training data (and only available if refit=True)
On 26 July 2014 18:42, Andy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 07/25/2014 10:30 PM, Pagliari, Roberto wrote:
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> Maybe it’s just me, but the ”left out data” threw me off. Perhaps, I would
> integrate with your previous comments:
>
>
>
> best_estimator_
>
> estimator
>
> Estimator that was chosen by the search, i.e. estimator which gave highest
> *average* score (or smallest loss if specified) *over the
> cross-validation folds*. on the left out data.
>
> best_score_
>
> float
>
> *Highest average score* of *the* best_estimator *computed above* on the
> left out data.
>
>
>
> This is not entirely correct. The "best_estimator_" is retrained on the
> whole training set, while best_score_ is the average over folds.
> I like your string for best_estimator_, but for best_score_ I would
> probably also say "Highest average score of the best parameter setting over
> cross-validation folds".
>
> Pull request welcome. The current docstring warrants improvement I think ;)
>
>
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