teps (int): Number of steps for q-sampling in the background distribution.
            - veritas_version (str): Version identifier for the model.
        &#34;&#34;&#34;
        
        if self.index_present:
            self.data = pd.read_csv(self.datapath,index_col=0, dtype=str, na_filter=False).fillna(&#39;&#39;).astype(str)
        else:
            self.data = pd.read_csv(self.datapath, dtype=str, na_filter=False).fillna(&#39;&#39;).astype(str)

        if self.VERBOSE:
            print(&#39;data re