Fitting a Model Too Closely to Sample Data, Resulting in a Model

question 42

Multiple Choice

Fitting a model too closely to sample data, resulting in a model that does not accurately reflect the population is termed as

• A)approximation.
• B)hypothesizing.
• C)overfitting.
• D)postulating.

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