sklearn.metrics.check_scoring

sklearn.metrics.check_scoring(estimator, scoring=None, *, allow_none=False)[source]

Determine scorer from user options.

A TypeError will be thrown if the estimator cannot be scored.

Parameters
estimatorestimator object implementing ‘fit’

The object to use to fit the data.

scoringstr or callable, default=None

A string (see model evaluation documentation) or a scorer callable object / function with signature scorer(estimator, X, y).

allow_nonebool, default=False

If no scoring is specified and the estimator has no score function, we can either return None or raise an exception.

Returns
scoringcallable

A scorer callable object / function with signature scorer(estimator, X, y).