In the context of model evaluation, what does 'overfitting' refer to?

Practice Questions

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In the context of model evaluation, what does 'overfitting' refer to?
  1. Model performs well on training data but poorly on unseen data
  2. Model performs equally on training and test data
  3. Model is too simple to capture the underlying trend
  4. Model has high bias

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

In the context of model evaluation, what does 'overfitting' refer to?
  • Step 1: Understand that a model is a set of rules or patterns that we create to make predictions based on data.
  • Step 2: When we train a model, we use a specific set of data called 'training data'.
  • Step 3: Overfitting happens when the model learns the training data too perfectly, including all the small details and noise.
  • Step 4: Because of this, the model becomes very good at predicting the training data but struggles to make accurate predictions on new, unseen data.
  • Step 5: In simple terms, overfitting means the model is too specialized to the training data and cannot generalize well.
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