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Term for Poor Generalization Despite Strong Training Performance

Question: What is the term for a model that performs very well on its training data but does not work well on new data?

Sample answer: This is called overfitting.

Key points:

  • Overfitting is the correct term.
  • It describes low training error with weak generalization.

Rubric: The learner must correctly provide the term "overfitting".

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