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Comment by LudwigNagasena

3 days ago

OLS estimator is the minimum-variance linear unbiased estimator even without the assumption of Gaussian distribution.

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LudwigNagasena

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rjdj377dhabsn  3 days ago

Yes, and if I remember correctly, you get the Gaussian because it's the minimum entropy (least additional assumptions about the shape) continuous distribution given a certain variance.

  • porridgeraisin  3 days ago

    And given a mean.

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