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hyperparameters tuning

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In FAQ, you mention that hyperparameters can be tuned using all the data:

"How do I select the hyperparameters of the first stage models?

Alternatively, you can pick the best first stage models outside of the EconML framework and pass in the selected models to EconML. This can save on runtime and computational resources. Furthermore, it is statistically more stable since all data is being used for hyper-parameter tuning rather than a single fold inside of the DML algorithm (as long as the number of hyperparameter values that you are selecting over is not exponential in the number of samples, this approach is statistically valid)."

We are trying to understand the statistical validity of this approach. Can you please point us to the right papers?

Thank you.

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Tech stack
python
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documentation, machine-learning
Issue type
Documentation
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5/5
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Needs clarification
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