Training and Testing Datasets

Data Science with Python 6 min min read Updated: Mar 07, 2026 Beginner
Training and Testing Datasets
Beginner Topic 4 of 10

Training vs Testing

Training data is used to teach the model, while testing data evaluates model performance.

python from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split

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