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Over-fitting

\ ˈoʊvər-ˈfɪtɪŋ \

The production of a statistical model that fits too closely to a given set of data.

A model that is over-fitted to its underlying data set will incorporate any random noise present in that data set. This is likely to result in the model providing a poor fit to other data sets and poor predictions for future observations.

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