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Terminology for High Variance Generalization Failure

Question: In the cat classification example, what term is used to describe a model that has very low training error but fails to generalize to the development set?

Sample answer: This phenomenon is called overfitting.

Key points:

  • Overfitting is the correct term.
  • It corresponds to low training error and failing to generalize.

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

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