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A point estimator gives a single value as an estimate of a parameter. For example, \(\overline{Y } = 10.54\) is a point estimate of the population mean μ.
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Olive, D.J. (2014). Point Estimation I. In: Statistical Theory and Inference. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04972-4_5
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