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A statistic estimates a parameter

p

x

s

p

o

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of values of a statistic for all possible samples of a given size.

u

Biased & Unbiased Estimators

Biased: Consistently over or under estimate the true population parameter

Unbiased: Mean of sample distribution is equal to population parameter

Sample size As Sample size increases, variability of the sample distribution decreaeses

Good statistic has:

  1. Low bias
  2. Low variability