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Name: Introduction to Estimation Theory
ID: m11263
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module introduces estimation theory and its terminology, including bias, consistency, and efficiency.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics, Science and Technology
Keywords: asymptotically unbiased, bias, consistency, consistent, efficiency, efficient, Estimation, Estimation Error, Estimation Theory, mean-squared error, unbiased
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Mariyah Poonawala (mariyah@rice.edu), Kyle Clarkson (kclarks@gmail.com), Kevin Duh (kevinduh@rice.edu), Elizabeth Gregory (elizabeth.gregory@gmail.com), Don Johnson (dhj@rice.edu), Eileen Krause (erkrause@rice.edu), Jeffrey Silverman (JSilverman@astro.berkeley.edu)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: May 14, 2003 7:00 pm GMT-5
Last revision to module: Jul 9, 2003 4:10 pm GMT-5
Module XML: m11263_1.2.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.2 Jul 9, 2003 4:10 pm GMT-5 by Charlet Reedstrom
Changes: 
edit - added term tags and cnxns, removed presentation from expectedvalue csymbol and added condition
Version: 1.1 Jun 10, 2003 12:00 am GMT-5 by Elizabeth Gregory
Changes: 
adding Jeff as a maintainer (document almost complete)

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