Both estimation and NHTS are used to infer parameters. A parameter is a statistical constant that describes a feature about a phenomena, population, pmf, or pdf.

Chapter 7. Statistical Estimation 7.7: Properties of Estimators II (From \Probability & Statistics with Applications to Computing" by Alex Tsun) We'll discuss even more desirable properties of …

I want to estimate the recombination fraction between locus A and B from 5 heterozygous (AaBb) parents. I examine 30 gametes for each and observe 4, 3, 5, 6, and 7 recombinant gametes in …

During the twentieth century, regression ideas were adapted to a variety of important statistical tasks: the prediction of new cases, the estimation of regression surfaces, and the assignment …

The objective of estimation is to approximate the value of a population parameter on the basis of a sample statistic. For example, the sample mean ̄X is used to estimate the population mean μ.

To use regression analysis to disconfirm the theory that ice cream causes more crime, perform a regression that controls for the effect of weather in some way.

It is desirable to have some general methods of estimation which yield estimators with some good properties. One of the classical methods is the method of moments (MoM), though it is not …