--- title: "What is Overfitting in Machine Learning?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-overfitting-in-machine-learning--s4lmn9ixh source_url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-overfitting-machine-learning/ type: article source: "freeCodeCamp" published: 2023-10-16T22:42:56.936Z updated: 2023-10-16T22:41:56.027Z tags: ["machine-learning", "overfitting"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 8 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)