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Basic Question 2 of 10

There are typically three types of samples:

I. training sample
II. validation sample
III. test sample

The term "out-of-sample" refers to:

A. III
B. II and III
C. None of them. It is the production sample.

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Learning Outcome Statements

describe supervised machine learning algorithms - including penalized regression, support vector machine, k-nearest neighbor, classification and regression tree, ensemble learning, and random forest - and determine the problems for which they are best suited;

CFA® 2026 Level II Curriculum, Volume 1, Module 6.