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Investigate Model Overfitting

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Problem

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You've trained a model that looks very strong on the training set, but the team is worried it may not generalize well to new data. You want to verify whether the model is learning real signal or memorizing patterns from the training sample.

Question

How would you investigate whether a model is overfitting?

What to Look For

  • Large gap between training and validation metrics
  • Cross-validation performance consistently below training performance
  • Validation log loss much worse than training log loss
  • Model complexity that improves train fit without improving holdout results