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Question 25149: One Observed Loss and Unbiasedness Do Not Determine MSE or Consistency

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  2. Definition and scope
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  5. Result
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R0049-25149 · q-20261015-advance-20261114-r05-estimator-mean-squared-error-0099

Original question and givens

Use scalar theta=11, complete listed estimator values=[7, 11, 15] and aligned probabilities=[1/4, 1/2, 1/4] under this same P_theta. Values and probabilities are exact rationals; probabilities are nonnegative and sum to1. Listed zero-mass rows remain in the data and contribute0. Output rows sort values numerically without separating them from their probabilities. Given listed observed estimate=7. Give (theta, observed, observed_squared_error, mean, unbiased, MSE, observed_error_equals_MSE, unbiased_with_positive_MSE, observed_or_unbiased_consistency_claim, boundary).

  • G001 — Use scalar theta=11, complete listed estimator values=[7, 11, 15] and aligned probabilities=[1/4, 1/2, 1/4] under this same P_theta. Values and probabilities are exact rationals; probabilities are nonnegative and sum to1. Listed zero-mass rows remain in the data and contribute0. Output rows sort values numerically without separating them from their probabilities. Given listed observed estimate=7. Give (theta, observed, observed_squared_error, mean, unbiased, MSE, observed_error_equals_MSE, unbiased_with_positive_MSE, observed_or_unbiased_consistency_claim, boundary).

Definition and scope

Use the original question domain, assumptions and cited MKO definitions. This item has second-context mathematical and bilingual review, with the model, answer and every arithmetic step independently recomputed from the original parameters; the source question remains a candidate.

Step-by-step derivation

S001 · implies

Before

source roles = [mse-observed-unbiased-boundary]

After

derived = [[theta, observed, observed_squared_error, mean, unbiased, MSE, observed_error_equals_MSE, unbiased_with_positive_MSE, observed_or_unbiased_consistency_claim, boundary]]

Conditions: none

List the full source field order without JavaScript.LP boundary modes all have6 fields but select different roles from the original mode,not answer shape.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: source_ordered_fields_without_JS · Uses: G001

S002 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta ORIGINAL probability cumulative0 := sum(0, 1/4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta ORIGINAL probability cumulative0 = 1/4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S001

S003 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta ORIGINAL probability cumulative1 := sum(1/4, 1/2)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta ORIGINAL probability cumulative1 = 3/4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S002

S004 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta ORIGINAL probability cumulative2 := sum(3/4, 1/4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta ORIGINAL probability cumulative2 = 1

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S003

S005 · implies

Before

source roles = [MSE ORIGINAL single theta, 11, [7, 11, 15], [[1, 4], [1, 2], [1, 4]]]

After

derived = [[[7, 1/4], [11, 1/2], [15, 1/4]], 1]

Conditions: none

Fix this same P_theta.Check original-order nonnegative masses summing to1,then sort values numerically with their aligned masses.Keep null rows,without renormalizing or treating estimator values as parameter indices.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: MSE_same_theta_complete_law_numeric_sorted_ALIGNED_null_rows · Uses: G001, S004

S006 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean product0 := mul(7, 1/4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean product0 = 7/4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S005

S007 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean cumulative0 := sum(0, 7/4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean cumulative0 = 7/4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S006

S008 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean product1 := mul(11, 1/2)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean product1 = 11/2

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S007

S009 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean cumulative1 := sum(7/4, 11/2)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean cumulative1 = 29/4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S008

S010 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean product2 := mul(15, 1/4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean product2 = 15/4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S009

S011 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean cumulative2 := sum(29/4, 15/4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean cumulative2 = 11

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S010

S012 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta error row0 := sub(7, 11)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta error row0 = -4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S011

S013 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta squared error row0 := mul(-4, -4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta squared error row0 = 16

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S012

S014 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta weighted error row0 := mul(1/4, 16)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta weighted error row0 = 4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S013

S015 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta MSE cumulative0 := sum(0, 4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta MSE cumulative0 = 4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S014

S016 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta error row1 := sub(11, 11)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta error row1 = 0

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S015

S017 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta squared error row1 := mul(0, 0)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta squared error row1 = 0

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S016

S018 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta weighted error row1 := mul(1/2, 0)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta weighted error row1 = 0

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S017

S019 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta MSE cumulative1 := sum(4, 0)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta MSE cumulative1 = 4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S018

S020 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta error row2 := sub(15, 11)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta error row2 = 4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S019

S021 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta squared error row2 := mul(4, 4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta squared error row2 = 16

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S020

S022 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta weighted error row2 := mul(1/4, 16)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta weighted error row2 = 4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S021

S023 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL single theta MSE cumulative2 := sum(4, 4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL single theta MSE cumulative2 = 8

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S022

S024 · implies

Before

source roles = [MSE ORIGINAL single theta, 11, [[7, 1/4, 16, 4], [11, 1/2, 0, 0], [15, 1/4, 16, 4]]]

After

derived = [11, 8, No, No, Yes]

Conditions: none

MSE directly sums all weighted squared errors,without a bias-variance decomposition.Nonnegative terms sum to0 iff the error vanishes at every positive-mass value;null values may differ.Both sides False still give a True iff.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: MSE_nonnegative_terms_zero_IFF_POSITIVE_mass_equality · Uses: G001, S023

S025 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL observed minus theta := sub(7, 11)

After

MSE ORIGINAL observed minus theta = -4

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S024

S026 · calculation

Before

MSE ORIGINAL one observed squared error := mul(-4, -4)

After

MSE ORIGINAL one observed squared error = 16

Conditions: none

Substitute original roles and established intermediates exactly,without rounding or substituting a single observation.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: exact_rational_arithmetic · Uses: G001, S025

S027 · implies

Before

source roles = [11, 7, 16, 11, 8]

After

derived = [Yes, No, Yes, No]

Conditions: none

One observed loss may accidentally equal MSE and may be a listed null value;the risk still uses the whole law.E[T]=theta need not imply zero risk.There is no n-indexed asymptotic law;No only withholds consistency.

Step identifiers and dependencies

Rule: MSE_observed_loss_unbiasedness_risk_and_consistency_separate · Uses: G001, S026

Reverse checks

  • S027 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence.
  • S026 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL one observed squared error with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S025 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL observed minus theta with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S024 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence.
  • S023 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta MSE cumulative2 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S022 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta weighted error row2 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S021 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta squared error row2 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S020 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta error row2 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S019 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta MSE cumulative1 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S018 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta weighted error row1 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S017 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta squared error row1 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S016 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta error row1 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S015 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta MSE cumulative0 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S014 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta weighted error row0 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S013 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta squared error row0 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S012 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta error row0 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S011 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean cumulative2 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S010 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean product2 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S009 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean cumulative1 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S008 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean product1 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S007 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean cumulative0 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S006 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta exact mean product0 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S005 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence.
  • S004 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta ORIGINAL probability cumulative2 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S003 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta ORIGINAL probability cumulative1 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S002 · premise_and_result_audit — Recompute MSE ORIGINAL single theta ORIGINAL probability cumulative0 with exact rational arithmetic, not rounded decimals.
  • S001 · premise_and_result_audit — Check against the original data and this step's premises; a one-way implication is not an equivalence.

Result

(11, 7, 16, 11, Yes, 8, No, Yes, No, one_observed_squared_error_is_not_MSE_and_unbiased_does_not_imply_zero_MSE_or_consistency)

The full substitutions and premise checks give the original answer; source identity,format and status are unchanged.

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Review date: 2026-10-26

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