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Explain why dev set label quality becomes more important over time.

Question: Briefly explain why mislabeled examples in the dev set can become a more pressing issue as a machine learning algorithm's performance improves.

Sample answer: As the algorithm's performance improves and overall errors decrease, the fraction of errors caused by mislabeled dev examples grows relative to the total set of errors. This eventually adds significant noise to accuracy estimates, making it worthwhile to improve label quality.

Key points:

  • Overall errors decrease as the system improves.
  • The relative fraction of mislabeled errors grows.
  • Significant error is added to accuracy estimates.

Rubric: The answer must state that the relative fraction of mislabeled errors grows as the system improves, which distorts accuracy estimates.

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