beginners question regression and calculated label value inclusion in input data set

Jeremy Becker 20 Reputation points
2023-06-21T20:40:46.5966667+00:00

Hey all, this is a beginners question for sure. Just a point of clarification ... if I'm building an ML regression from a table of source data - I should include the label/calculated column value in the input data even if I already have the values calculated right? For some reason this doesn't make sense to me - if I'm trying to calculate that value shouldn't I not include it so the model can tell me what it thinks it is?

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  1. romungi-MSFT 48,911 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
    2023-06-22T10:58:24.8033333+00:00

    @Jeremy Becker To train the model you will include the column value that you would want to predict in your training experiment and in the settings of your train model module, if you are using the designer the column name will be set as label. After the model is trained you can compare the actual values with predicted labels and make changes in your experiments to publish or deploy an inference endpoint to predict the values, in this inference deployment you will remove the column and the trained model will predict the labels.

    I would recommend trying the basic regression model creation with ML designer by following the steps in this course. It is mostly drag and drop scenarios to build your experiment and endpoint with detailed steps mentioned in the course while using the designer. I hope this helps!!

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