catboost / catboost/catboost

Show default values on the Documentation

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Description

In the documentation page for the [CatBoostRegressor](https://catboost.ai/en/docs/concepts/python-reference_catboostregressor) there are no default values of parameters or explanations on parameters shown except for the `loss_function` parameter. It is very hard to learn what a parameters does. Sometimes even adding the default help guess what are other viable values. For example you guess that the `loss_function='MAE'` parameter just expects the abbreviation of the name of the metric as a string.

Thank you :)

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Research direction

Start with the linked CatBoostRegressor documentation page and review its parameter reference, including loss_function. Add default values and explanations for the parameters shown there, then verify that the page makes valid values and defaults understandable.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation, machine-learning
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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