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In sklearn, there is a method for cross validation called cross_val_score. One of the parameters of this method is 'cv'.

I understand in cross validation, there is no splitting the data into training and validation (70-30 split). Instead, you split the data into 'k' subsamples, then train it on the K-1 subsamples and validate using the kth sample. And repeat it for each of the 'k' subsamples.

So is this cv = k, i.e the number of subsamples in which you split the training data?

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It determines the splitting strategy used by sklearn.

The default (“none”) is 3-fold CV.

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  • $\begingroup$ So cv=k, the number of subsamples or folds,correct,? $\endgroup$ – Victor Jan 15 '18 at 22:13
  • $\begingroup$ Correct, the number of folds used in the stratified sampling. $\endgroup$ – Cybernetic Jan 15 '18 at 23:17
  • $\begingroup$ @Victor, please consider accepting / upvoting an answer if you think it has answered your question $\endgroup$ – MaxU Jan 16 '18 at 22:53

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