Model assessment

Overview

Critical thinking is important. That also applies to your (or someone else’s) models.

This module discusses ways to assess your models.

Learning Objectives

• Be familiar with methods to assess models.
• Be able to perform model assessment on your own and others’ models.

Content

The module consists of the following units:

• Model assessment introduction
• Reality-based assessment
• Model performance revisited
• Model evaluation with cross-validation
• Model evaluation with Information Criteria
• Model diagnostics
• Model uncertainty