What Characteristic of the Sample Variance Do Researchers Generally Consider

question 73

Multiple Choice

What characteristic of the sample variance do researchers generally consider more important: unbiased estimator or minimum variance?

• A) minimum variance
• B) unbiased estimator
• C) Neither one; they are equally important.

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