What is the Gauss-Markov theorem?

Updated May 16, 2026

Short answer

It states that OLS estimators are the Best Linear Unbiased Estimators (BLUE).

Deep explanation

Under assumptions like linearity, independence, and homoscedasticity, Ordinary Least Squares provides estimators with minimum variance among all linear unbiased estimators. It does not require normality.

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