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Why the ratio estimator is bias?
The ratio estimators are biased. The bias occurs in ratio estimation because E(y/x) = E(y)/E(x) (i.e., the expected value of the ratio = the ratio of the expected values. When appropriately used, the reduction in variance from using the ratio estimator will offset the presence of bias.
What do you understand by ratio estimator?
The ratio estimator is a statistical parameter and is defined to be the ratio of means of two random variables. Ratio estimates are biased and corrections must be made when they are used in experimental or survey work.
What is the property of a consistent estimator?
In statistics, a consistent estimator or asymptotically consistent estimator is an estimator—a rule for computing estimates of a parameter θ 0—having the property that as the number of data points used increases indefinitely, the resulting sequence of estimates converges in probability to θ 0.
When is a consistency estimator called weak consistency?
Consistency as defined here is sometimes referred to as weak consistency. When we replace convergence in probability with almost sure convergence, then the estimator is said to be strongly consistent.
When does a consistent estimator converge to a normal distribution?
You will often read that a given estimator is not only consistent but also asymptotically normal, that is, its distribution converges to a normal distribution as the sample size increases. You might think that convergence to a normal distribution is at odds with the fact that consistency implies convergence in probability to a constant
When do you use the locution consistent estimator?
The latter locution is often informally used to mean that 1) the same predefined rule is used to generate all the estimators in the sequence and that 2) the sequence is consistent. Thus, the concept of consistency extends from the sequence of estimators to the rule used to generate it.