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I am training an xgboost model for binary classification using objective as 'binary:logistic'. The model should predict probability but it is outputting either 0 or 1. I want the model to output the probability. These are the parameters I am using enter image description here Thanks a lot in advance!

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    $\begingroup$ How are you getting the predictions from your model? It is likely that the default predict method automatically converts the probability to a 0/1 prediction, and that there's a separate method to get the underlying probability (e.g. see the predict and predict_proba methods for the LogisticRegression in scikit-learn. $\endgroup$
    – Oxbowerce
    Commented Aug 6, 2023 at 14:12
  • $\begingroup$ Thanks @Oxbowerce . Using predict_proba instead of predict worked. $\endgroup$
    – shivani
    Commented Aug 6, 2023 at 17:41
  • $\begingroup$ Added my comment as an answer so you can accept it as an answer to mark this question as answered. $\endgroup$
    – Oxbowerce
    Commented Aug 6, 2023 at 18:15

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How are you getting the predictions from your model? It is likely that the default predict method automatically converts the probability to a 0/1 prediction, and that there's a separate method to get the underlying probability (e.g. see the predict and predict_proba methods for the LogisticRegression in scikit-learn).

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