point estimate
Britishnoun
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The sample standard deviation, s, is the point estimate for the population standard deviation, σ.
From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020
A point estimate for the true population proportion is .
From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020
What statistics provides us beyond a simple average, or point estimate, is an estimate to which we can attach a probability of accuracy, what we will call a confidence level.
From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017
The sample mean, –x , is the point estimate for the population mean, μ.
From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017
We concluded that with a given level of probability, the range from which the point estimate comes is smaller as the sample size, n, increases.
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