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Target variable

Also called prediction target

What does “Target variable” mean?

Target variable: The outcome a supervised model is trained to predict.

Target variable visual guide: The outcome a supervised model is trained to predict.
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What is an example of “Target variable”?

For a delivery forecast, the target is the number of minutes until arrival.

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See also

Machine learningTermSupervised learningTermClassificationTermFeature scalingTermOne-hot encodingTerm

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