A Rule Used to Produce a Point Estimate of a Population

question 23

Multiple Choice

A rule used to produce a point estimate of a population parameter is called a(n) :

• A) estimator.
• B) probability estimate.
• C) axiom.
• D) maximum likelihood calculation.

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