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How does Scikit-Learn Pipeline prevent data leakage?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Pipelines ensure transformations are applied only on training folds during CV.
Deep explanation
Each fold applies fit only on training subset, preventing test data from influencing transformations.
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