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    content: Diplodoc Platform v5.50.3
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  - https://catboost.ai/docs/en/concepts/ostr.md
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> **Documentation Index:** Fetch the complete configuration index at https://catboost.ai/docs/en/llms.txt

# Object importance

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CatBoost provides the following types of object importances calculation:
- [Average](https://catboost.ai/docs/en/concepts/ostr.md)
- [PerObject](https://catboost.ai/docs/en/concepts/ostr.md)
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## Average {#oi__average}

The average of scores of objects from the training dataset for every object from the input dataset.


## PerObject {#oi__perobject}

The scores of each object from the training dataset for each object from the input dataset.