Understanding Bias and Variance Trade Off in Machine Learning (Simply Put)
4 min readJun 27, 2023
Introduction
Bias and variance are the two most critical topics in Data Science. The bias-variance trade-off is a key framework to help us understand different kinds of models. They lie at the base of many important concepts, such as underfitting and overfitting. Understanding this concept can help you deal with underfitting and overfitting during model development phase.
