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mlr (version 2.13)

estimateResidualVariance: Estimate the residual variance.

Description

Estimate the residual variance of a regression model on a given task. If a regression learner is provided instead of a model, the model is trained (see train) first.

Usage

estimateResidualVariance(x, task, data, target)

Arguments

x

(Learner or WrappedModel) Learner or wrapped model.

task

(RegrTask) Regression task. If missing, data and target must be supplied.

data

(data.frame) A data frame containing the features and target variable. If missing, task must be supplied.

target

(character(1)) Name of the target variable. If missing, task must be supplied.