 Bias-variance decomposition for linear prediction (source code)

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= Bias-variance decomposition for linear prediction

If $Y,Y^*$ are independent $N(\mu,\sigma^2I_n)$ vectors and $H$ is a rank-$p$ orthogonal projection, then
$$
\mathbb E\|HY-Y^*\|^2
=\|(I-H)\mu\|^2+(n+p)\sigma^2.
$$
The first term is squared approximation bias, while $p\sigma^2$ is fitted-model variance and $n\sigma^2$ is irreducible new-response noise.

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