Classical Statistical (In-Sample) Intuitions Don't Generalize Well: A Note on Bias-Variance Tradeoffs, Overfitting and Moving from Fixed to Random Designs

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Main Author:	Curth, Alicia
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Machine Learning
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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