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. 2016 Jul 13;34(3):282–285. doi: 10.1080/02813432.2016.1207146

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

The relation between increasing complexity (amount of data) and the total number of errors in a scientific model. The figure illustrates a U-shaped relation resulting from diminishing bias (increased validity of the scientific model) and an increasing variation (reduced reliability of the model). A trade-off with an optimal interval is defined in the figure.[8]