A Statistic Is Said to Be Biased If It

question 109

Multiple Choice

A statistic is said to be biased if it

• A) Systematically underestimates or overestimates a parameter
• B) Has exactly the same value as the parameter
• C) Is determined from a trimmed sample
• D) Leads to an erroneous conclusion about the sample

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