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Record 1 1989-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
CONT

The sample mean and the sample variant, calculated from sample observations to estimate the corresponding population parameters, are known as point estimators of the population mean and variant.

OBS

point estimation: the estimation of a parameter by assigning it a unique value called a point estimate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • estimateur ponctuel
    correct, masculine noun
OBS

estimation statistique ponctuelle : méthode d'estimation statistique ayant pour objet, au moyen d'un estimateur, de déterminer une valeur unique, considérée comme optimale d'un paramètre.

Spanish

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