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What is the bootstrap bias in Random Forest?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Bootstrap bias arises due to sampling with replacement altering data distribution.
Deep explanation
Bootstrapping creates slightly biased samples because some points are repeated while others are omitted. However, this bias is compensated by averaging across many trees.
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