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ˈestiˌmator
/ ˈɛstɪˌmeɪtə /
noun
a person or thing that estimates
statistics a derived random variable that generates estimates of a parameter of a given distribution, such as ̄X , the mean of a number of identically distributed random variables Xi. If ̄X is unbiased, ̄x , the observed value should be close to E ( Xi ) See also sampling statistic
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