If the Expected Value of a Sample Statistic Is Equal

question 151

Multiple Choice

If the expected value of a sample statistic is equal to the parameter it is estimating, then we call that sample statistic

• A) minimum variance.
• B) random.
• C) biased.
• D) unbiased.

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