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An Illuminating Counterexample

Statistics Theory 2007-06-13 v2 Statistics Theory

Abstract

We give a visually appealing counterexample to the proposition that unbiased estimators are better than biased estimators.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0206006,
  title  = {An Illuminating Counterexample},
  author = {Michael Hardy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0206006},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages, LaTeX, To appear in the American Mathematical Monthly