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+import sys
+import os
+import pandas as pd
+from sklearn.ensemble import GradientBoostingClassifier
+
+# Add the '/scripts' directory to the Python path
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../scripts')))
+
+from model.training_validation import classifiers
+from model.training_validation import train_validate
+from model.training_validation import save_model
+
+# Load holdout training set
+try:
+    data = pd.read_csv(open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../data/input/train.csv'), 'r'))
+except FileNotFoundError as err:
+    print(f'Ann error occoured: {err}')
+
+# Test the classifier collections
+def test_classifier_selection():
+    assert classifiers()
+
+# Test the training + validation function
+def test_train_validate():
+    assert train_validate(data)
+
+# Test model saving function
+def test_saving_model():
+    os.makedirs('../../models', exist_ok=True)
+    
+    assert save_model(data)