AI engineering glossary · Classical ML algorithms

What is lift?

Lift: In association rules, the ratio of observed co-occurrence to that expected if items were independent: confidence(A to B) / support(B). Above 1 means the items appear together more than chance, 1 means no link.

Level: intermediateTopic: Classical ML algorithms

Lift: an example

If confidence is 0.8 and biscuits appear in 0.4 of all baskets, lift is 2.

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