Overfitting—Too Good to Be Truly Useful
Lecture no. 15 from the course: Big Data: How Data Analytics Is Transforming the World
Taught by Professor Tim Chartier | 30 min | Categories: The Great Courses Plus Online Mathematics Courses
Learn how to avoid the perils of overfitting, which is when an overly complex model or noisy data leads to flawed conclusions. Explore object lessons in this common pitfall, including an earthquake forecast that was disastrously wrong.