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Mean Squared Error

Model Training · Level 2 of 5

Mean Squared Error

The average squared difference between predicted and target values.

Squaring gives large errors greater influence.

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Errors of one and three produce an average squared error of five.

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Mean Squared Error. The average squared difference between predicted and target values. Squaring gives large errors greater influence. For example: Errors of one and three produce an average squared error of five.

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