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Biased or unbiased?
 
Biased or unbiased?
E[1/x] = integral(<math>\lambda e^{-\lambda x}</math> * (1/x) dx is undefined
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E[1/x] = integral(<math>\lambda e^{-\lambda x}</math> * (1/x)) dx is undefined
  
 
therefore biased because E[estimator] does not equal estimator
 
therefore biased because E[estimator] does not equal estimator

Revision as of 14:48, 10 November 2008

Biased or unbiased? E[1/x] = integral($ \lambda e^{-\lambda x} $ * (1/x)) dx is undefined

therefore biased because E[estimator] does not equal estimator

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