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| Challenge: | Existing benchmarks focus on single task, simple evaluation metrics, and readily available ground truth (GT) DataSciBench is built on curated, natural, and challenging prompts with complex evaluation criteria and uncertain GT. |
| Approach: | They propose a benchmark for evaluating Large Language Models in data science that integrates LLM-based self-consistency and human verification to ensure accuracy. |
| Outcome: | The proposed framework outperforms open-source models in all metrics and offers rigorous insights into LLM strengths and weaknesses. |
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