AllenDowney
commented
9 years ago Yes, quite right. I will change it to:
The tendency an estimator to produce estimates above or below the actual value of the parameter, when averaged over repeated experiments.
Thanks! Allen
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 8:41 PM, ToshiKurokawa notifications@github.com wrote:
The current (2.0.27) definition of bias (of an estimator): The tendency of an estimator to be above or below the actual value of the parameter, when averaged over repeated experiments. should be read as The tendency of estimates by an estimator to be above or below the actual value of the parameter, when averaged over repeated experiments.
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The current (2.0.27) definition of bias (of an estimator): The tendency of an estimator to be above or below the actual value of the parameter, when averaged over repeated experiments. should be read as The tendency of estimates by an estimator to be above or below the actual value of the parameter, when averaged over repeated experiments.