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Weighted rate

A rate computed from total numerators and denominators or equivalent denominator weights.

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Attribution

A rule assigning an observed conversion to a channel or interaction.

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Causality

A claim that changing one factor changes an outcome, requiring a suitable design and assumptions.

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Holdout

Data reserved from model fitting and selection for a later evaluation.

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Overfitting

Adapting too closely to training noise or reused evaluation feedback.

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Precision

Among predicted positives, the fraction that are true positives; undefined if none are predicted positive.

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Recall

Among actual positives, the fraction correctly predicted positive; undefined when no actual positives exist.

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Drift

A change in data or relationships relative to a reference; its operational meaning needs investigation.

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Idempotency

Rerunning an operation with the same inputs does not create unintended additional effects.

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Provenance

A record of sources and transformations that explains where an output came from.

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File hash

A digest identifying exact file bytes; it does not establish truth or permission.

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