Which of the Following Best Defines Statistical Estimation

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best defines statistical estimation?

• A) a process of inferring the values of unknown population parameters from those of known sample statistics
• B) a process of inferring the values of unknown sample statistics from those of known population parameters
• C) any procedure that views the parameter being estimated not as a constant, but, just like the estimator, as a random variable
• D) a sampling procedure that matches each unit from population A with a "twin" from population B so that any sample observation about a unit in population A automatically yields an associated observation about a unit in population B

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Definitions:

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