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@Brianna17

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on: Jun 24, 2018

  If is a biased estimator for , what is the amount of bias for this estimator if and ?
 

  a.The bias is equal to 1.
  b.The bias is equal to -1.
  c.The bias cannot be determined.
  d.The bias is equal to 0.

Question 2


  Which of the following must be true for a point estimator, , to be an unbiased estimator ?
 

  a.The variance of the sampling distribution of equals .
  b.
  c.
  d.


bdobbins

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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

correct: a

Answer to Question 2

correct: b


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