--- title: What is Overfitting in Machine Learning? | daily.dev description: Overfitting occurs when a model fits training data too closely, resulting in poor generalization and incorrect predictions. It can be caused by noisy data,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-overfitting-in-machine-learning--s4lmn9ixh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What is Overfitting in Machine Learning? | daily.dev og:description: Overfitting occurs when a model fits training data too closely, resulting in poor generalization and incorrect predictions. It can be caused by noisy data,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-overfitting-in-machine-learning--s4lmn9ixh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/S4lMn9IXh.png og:image:alt: What is Overfitting in Machine Learning? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What is Overfitting in Machine Learning? **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 10 min read · 8 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Overfitting occurs when a model fits training data too closely, resulting in poor generalization and incorrect predictions. It can be caused by noisy data, insufficient training data, or overly complex models. To prevent overfitting, collecting more training data, using regularization techniques, and employing ensemble methods are recommended. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#machine-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/machine-learning), [#overfitting](https://daily.dev/tags/overfitting) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-overfitting-in-machine-learning--s4lmn9ixh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What is Overfitting in Machine Learning?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-overfitting-in-machine-learning--s4lmn9ixh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-overfitting-in-machine-learning--s4lmn9ixh"},"datePublished":"2023-10-16T22:42:56.936Z","dateModified":"2023-10-16T22:41:56.027Z","description":"Overfitting occurs when a model fits training data too closely, resulting in poor generalization and incorrect predictions. It can be caused by noisy data,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4e5473de0941ddb5d9630fc7cd847a3a?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/4e5473de0941ddb5d9630fc7cd847a3a?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"freeCodeCamp","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"freeCodeCamp","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1628412854/logos/freecodecamp","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-overfitting-in-machine-learning--s4lmn9ixh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":8},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"machine-learning,overfitting","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"freeCodeCamp","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is Overfitting in Machine Learning?"}]} ```