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Evaluate Overfitting vs Underfitting

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Problem

Scenario

You've trained a model and are reviewing its performance across training and validation data. The team wants to know whether the model is memorizing the training set, failing to learn enough signal, or landing in a healthy middle ground.

Question

How would you evaluate whether a model is overfitting or underfitting?

What to Inspect

  • Training versus validation metrics
  • Cross-validation stability
  • Learning curves
  • Effect of regularization and model complexity