What is Mean Squared Error (MSE) and why is it sensitive to outliers?

Data Science with Python Medium

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What is Mean Squared Error (MSE) and why is it sensitive to outliers?

Key points

  • Squaring errors in MSE amplifies the impact of outliers
  • Outliers can significantly skew the MSE value
  • MSE is not robust to outliers due to the squaring operation

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