Build an evaluation set your team will actually trust
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Introduction
An evaluation set is the contract between your model and your business. If the team doesn't trust it, every result becomes a debate.
Collect real cases
Sample from production traffic, support tickets or past decisions. Include the hard cases people argue about; they're where models fail.
Grade consistently
Rubrics before results
Write the rubric first, have two reviewers grade a sample independently, and resolve disagreements before you score any model.
