Statistical parameter
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A statistical parameter or population parameter is an amount put into the probability distribution of a statistic or a random variable.[1] It can be thought of as a numbered amount of a trait of a statistical population or a statistical model.[2]
A statistical parameter is different from its estimator in that the parameter is a fixed amount, while the value of an estimator changes according to some probability distribution. The notations [math]\displaystyle{ \theta }[/math] (for the parameter) and [math]\displaystyle{ \hat{\theta} }[/math] (for the estimator) are often used to clarify this distinction.[3]
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References
- ↑ Parameter (2006)Wiley..
- ↑ Everitt, B. S.; Skrondal, A. (2010), The Cambridge Dictionary of Statistics, Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ List of Probability and Statistics Symbols (in en-US). Math Vault (2020-04-26). Retrieved 2020-10-13.