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Changing Dev/Test Sets or the Metric When They No Longer Guide the Team

If the initial dev/test set or metric missed the mark, change it quickly. One warning sign is that the dev set plus metric ranks one classifier higher while the team thinks another classifier is superior for the product. Possible causes include a dev/test set distribution that differs from the actual distribution of interest, overfitting to the dev set, or a metric that measures something other than what the project needs to optimize. After changing dev/test sets or metrics, make sure the team knows the new direction.

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Updated 2026-05-26

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