What is a primary characteristic of a model that is overfitting?
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It has a high training loss.
It generalizes well to new data.
It captures noise and outliers in the training data.
It has very few parameters.
2.
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Why might a model that overfits perform poorly on unseen data?
It has too few parameters to capture the data.
It has a high bias.
It has memorized the training data, including noise.
It has learned the true pattern of the data.
3.
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What is the main goal when balancing overfitting and underfitting?
To minimize the training loss to zero.
To ensure the model is as strict as possible.
To capture the true pattern of the data.
To maximize the number of parameters.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What is a potential downside of a model that is too strict?
It will memorize the noise in the data.
It will have zero training loss.
It may underfit and fail to capture the pattern.
It may overfit the training data.
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What is one method to avoid overfitting in machine learning?
Increasing the number of parameters.
Using a very flexible model.
Choosing appropriate hyperparameters.
Ignoring the training loss.
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What is the risk of achieving zero training loss?
The model may generalize well.
The model may have too few parameters.
The model may have high bias.
The model may have memorized the training data.
7.
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Why is overfitting considered a major concern in machine learning?
It reduces the number of parameters.
It leads to high training loss.
It results in poor generalization to new data.
It simplifies the model too much.
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