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The Problem of Statistical Estimation

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Statistical Estimation

Part of the book series: Applications of Mathematics ((SMAP,volume 16))

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Observations constitute the basis of a statistical experiment: these may be numerical data or data of some other nature obtained as a result of a statistical experiment. The problem is to make, based on these data, some definite and sufficiently reliable conclusions concerning the object under investigation.

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Ibragimov, I.A., Has’minskii, R.Z. (1981). The Problem of Statistical Estimation. In: Statistical Estimation. Applications of Mathematics, vol 16. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0027-2_3

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