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fractionalhare
on July 15, 2020
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Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not sof...
Hah, that's a good rebuttal. Well it would be an excellent estimator if it was unbiased (or at least had very little bias). But if
f
is an estimator for the true average of a function
F
where
E[F] = 100
(for example), it's very clearly not unbiased.
It is a bit tongue in cheek.
opus132
on July 15, 2020
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> It is a bit tongue in cheek.
As was my reply ;)
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It is a bit tongue in cheek.