CV Partitioning Method Use the drop-down menu to indicate the method by which to partition the observations for cross validation. Available methods are described in the table below: Method Definition Block Choose this method to request parts be formed of k blocks of consecutive observations. Split Choose this option to request that the ith part consists of observations i, i + k, i + 2k, .... Random Choose this option to assign each observation randomly to one of the k parts. To Specify the CV Partitioning Method: Select CV as the Criterion for Stopping Model Selection. Select the method using the drop-down menu.