What is a good estimator?

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Jorge Morales Pedraza

I would like to suggest to read the document included in the following link:

https://civil4m.com/threads/what-is-estimate-and-qualities-of-a-good-estimator.4901

Olatunji Shobande

@Jorge thank you for your contributions.

Samuel Tawiah Baidoo

Hi Olatunji

A good estimator is one which is unbiased and consistent.

All the best

Devi Parameswari.C

An estimator is a random variable and an estimate is a number (that is the computed value of the estimator). ... Similarly we deal with point estimation of p. Similarly, the sample median would be a natural point estimator for the population median.