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A holdout test is a method used in machine learning and statistical modeling to evaluate the performance of a model. It involves setting aside a portion of the available data, known as the holdout set, which is not used during the model training process. The model is then trained on the remaining data, referred to as the training set. After training is complete, the model's performance is assessed by making predictions on the unseen data in the holdout set. This helps to provide an unbiased estimate of how well the model will generalize to new, real-world data.
The primary purpose of a holdout test is to detect overfitting. Overfitting occurs when a model learns