Statistic/Examples/Population Parameter Estimate

Example of Statistic

Let $S$ be a sample of observations of a population.

A function on $S$ used to calculate an estimator of a population parameter is an example of a statistic.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): statistic
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): statistic