34. The mean squared error of an estimator is MSE() E( )2....

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34. The mean squared error of an estimator ˆ

 is MSE(ˆ) 

E(

ˆ  )2. If ˆ is unbiased, then MSE(ˆ)  V(ˆ), but in general MSE(

ˆ)  V(ˆ) (bias)2. Consider the estimator

ˆ 2  KS2, where S2  sample variance. What value of K minimizes the mean squared error of this estimator when the population distribution is normal? [Hint: It can be shown that E[(S2

)2

]  (n 1)4

/(n  1)

In general, it is difficult to find ˆ

 to minimize MSE(ˆ

), which is why we look only at unbiased estimators and minimize V(ˆ

).]

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