Which of the Following Statements Are True?
A) a Point $\theta$

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements are true?

• A) A point estimate of a population parameter \(\theta\)
• Is a single number that can be regarded as a sensible value of \(\theta\)
• )
• B) A point estimate of a population parameter \(\theta\)
• Is obtained by selecting a suitable statistic and computing its value from the given sample data. The selected statistic is called the point estimator of \(\theta\)
• )
• C) The sample mean \(\bar { X }\)
• Is a point estimator of the population mean \(\mu\)
• )
• D) The sample variance \(S ^ { 2 }\)
• Is a point estimator of the population variance \(\sigma ^ { 2 }\)
• )
• E) All of the above statements are true.

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