Mean squared error

Let be an estimator of an unknown parameter . The estimation error is:When the squared error is used as a loss function, then the risk of the estimator (i.e. the expected value of the loss) is:and it is called the mean squared error (MSE) of the estimator .

More details about loss functions, statistical risk and the mean squared error can be found in the lecture entitled Point estimation.

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