What are the steps to performing cross validation on labels of data to get the accuracy of the results?
Neeta Dsouza answered .
2025-11-20
Cross-validation is a powerful technique for evaluating the accuracy of your model by partitioning the data into training and testing sets multiple times. Here are the steps to perform cross-validation on the labels of data in MATLAB:
Prepare Your Data: Organize your data into a matrix X (features) and a vector Y (labels).
Choose a Cross-Validation Method: The most common method is K-fold cross-validation, where the data is divided into K equally-sized folds.
Create a Cross-Validation Partition: Use the cvpartition function to create a partition for K-fold cross-validation.
K = 5; % Number of folds
cv = cvpartition(Y, 'KFold', K);
Train and Evaluate the Model: For each fold, train the model on the training set and evaluate it on the validation set. Use a loop to iterate over each fold.
accuracy = zeros(K, 1);
for i = 1:K
trainIdx = training(cv, i);
testIdx = test(cv, i);
% Train the model
model = fitcsvm(X(trainIdx, :), Y(trainIdx)); % Example using SVM
% Test the model
predictions = predict(model, X(testIdx, :));
accuracy(i) = sum(predictions == Y(testIdx)) / length(predictions);
end
Calculate Overall Accuracy: Compute the mean accuracy over all folds.
overallAccuracy = mean(accuracy);
Analyze and Interpret the Results: Use the overall accuracy to evaluate the performance of your model.