Update explained variance metric

[SkafteNicki]

What does this PR do?

Update to explained variance metric

• Add checks for shape
• Add checks for division by zero
• Adds multioutput parameter for handling multioutput cases (same as sklearn)

Also add a bit of description to the new metric testing function

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[pep8speaks]

Hello @SkafteNicki! Thanks for updating this PR.

There are currently no PEP 8 issues detected in this Pull Request. Cheers! 🍻

Comment last updated at 2020-10-09 12:41:07 UTC