Chapter 4 Parameter Estimation

2012-11-06 · parameter π grows asymptotically toward 1 (this behavior can also be proved rigorously; see Section 4.3.1). Estimator 2, on the other hand, is not consistent (so long as the American English parameter q differs from π), because it ignores the data completely. Consistency is nearly always a desirable property for a statistical estimator. 4.2.2 Bias If we view the collection (or sampling) of ... ................
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