If the Expected Value of a Sample Statistic Is Equal

question 33

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

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