Update R^2 method in eval_metrics
#1211
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Proposed changes
The current R^2 coefficient of determination method in
eval_metrics
produces confusing and unpredictable results. This PR simplifies this by simply squaring the linear regression correlation co-efficient, as recommended by thestats.linregress
function:https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.stats.linregress.html