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Spotting Overfitting to a Manually Reviewed Dev Slice

When people repeatedly inspect a subset of the dev set to guide error analysis, they can unconsciously tune decisions to that reviewed subset. If scores rise much faster on the reviewed subset than on a separate hidden subset used for comparison, that is a sign the reviewed subset has been overfit. Dividing the dev set into a manually examined portion and a separate untouched portion makes it possible to detect this problem and keep the analysis process honest.

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Updated 2026-08-12

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