Fitting versus predicting when data is not in the model class

Thus far, we have considered the case where the data is generated using a model contained in the model class. Now consider \( f(x)=2x-10x^5+15x^{10} \) . Notice that the for linear and third-order polynomial the true model \( f(x) \) is not contained in model class.

1. Do better fits lead to better predictions?
2. What is the relationship between the true model for generating the data and the model class that has the most predictive power? How is this related to the model complexity? How does this depend on the number of data points \( Ntrain \) and \( \sigma \)?

Summarize what you think you learned about the relationship of knowing the true model class and predictive power.

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