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Accuracy (ML) – ISTQB Definition

Last Updated: July 12, 2026 · SoftwareTestPilot QA Team

Official ISTQB Definition

A classification metric equal to the fraction of predictions that are correct.

In simple words

The percentage of predictions the model got right overall.

Exam tip

Accuracy misleads on imbalanced datasets — prefer precision, recall, F1 for skewed classes.

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