| name | lemma-baseline |
| description | Establish a dumb baseline and an honest validation harness before any real model, so every later number means something. |
| homepage | https://github.com/tkpratardan/lemma |
| license | MIT |
Baseline
Deliver
Provide a reproducible validation design, a no-information or rule baseline,
the simplest credible model, and the precise score later models must beat.
Check
- Define the outcome, observation unit, prediction moment, intended use, and a
fixed seed.
- Match the split to deployment: time-ordered for temporal prediction, grouped
for repeated entities, otherwise a fixed random split.
- Keep preprocessing inside the training pipeline.
- Choose a decision-relevant metric; do not rely on accuracy alone for
imbalanced outcomes.
- Compare subgroup behavior and variation across folds or seeds when material.
Do not tune complex models, repeatedly inspect a final test set, preprocess
before splitting, or celebrate a score without the dumb baseline.
For feature iteration and metric guidance, read
references/deep-guide.md.