What is overfitting, and why is it a problem in Machine Learning models?
- Fitting a model too loosely to training data
- Fitting a model too well to training data, ignoring generalization
- Ignoring irrelevant features
- Including too many variables
Overfitting occurs when a model fits the training data too well, capturing noise rather than the underlying pattern. This leads to poor generalization to new data, resulting in suboptimal predictions on unseen data.
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