estimand

estimand
that which is being estimated.

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  • Estimator — In statistics, an estimator is a function of the observable sample data that is used to estimate an unknown population parameter (which is called the estimand ); an estimate is the result from the actual application of the function to a… …   Wikipedia

  • Bias of an estimator — In statistics, the difference between an estimator s expected value and the true value of the parameter being estimated is called the bias. An estimator or decision rule having nonzero bias is said to be biased.Although the term bias sounds… …   Wikipedia

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