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### Consistency vs. unbiasdness [duplicate]

What is the difference between $\lim_{n \to \infty} \ \mathrm{E}_{\theta}(T_n(X)) = \theta$ and $T_n(X) \xrightarrow{p} \theta \$ for $\ n \xrightarrow{} \infty$ ? (unbiasdness vs. ...
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### Difference between standard error and standard deviation

I'm struggling to understand the difference between the standard error and the standard deviation. How are they different and why do you need to measure the standard error?
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### Why are we using a biased and misleading standard deviation formula for $\sigma$ of a normal distribution?

It came as a bit of a shock to me the first time I did a normal distribution Monte Carlo simulation and discovered that the mean of $100$ standard deviations from $100$ samples, all having a sample ...
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### An example of a consistent and biased estimator?

Really stumped on this one. I would really like an example or situation where an estimator B would be both consistent and biased.
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### How does one explain what an unbiased estimator is to a layperson?

Suppose $\hat{\theta}$ is an unbiased estimator for $\theta$. Then of course, $\mathbb{E}[\hat{\theta} \mid \theta] = \theta$. How does one explain this to a layperson? In the past, what I have said ...
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### How to show that an estimator is consistent?

Is it enough to show that MSE = 0 as $n\rightarrow\infty$? I also read in my notes something about plim. How do I find plim and use it to show that the estimator is consistent?
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### Asymptotic consistency with non-zero asymptotic variance - what does it represent?

The issue has come up before, but I want to ask a specific question that will attempt to elicit an answer that will clarify (and classify) it: In "Poor Man's Asymptotics", one keeps a clear ...
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### Intuitive understanding of the difference between consistent and asymptotically unbiased

I am trying to to get an intuitive understanding and feel for the difference and practical difference between the term consistent and asymptotically unbiased. I know their mathematical/statistical ...
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### Bias of the maximum likelihood estimator of an exponential distribution

The maximum likelihood estimator of an exponential distribution $f(x, \lambda) = \lambda e^{-\lambda x}$ is $\lambda_{MLE} = \frac {n} {\sum x_i}$; I know how to derive that by find the derivative of ...
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### Counterexample for the sufficient condition required for consistency

We know that if an estimator is an unbiased estimator of theta and if its variance tends to 0 as n tends to infinity then it is a consistent estimator for theta. But this is a sufficient and not a ...
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### What's the difference between asymptotic unbiasedness and consistency?

Does each imply the other? If not, does one imply the other? Why/why not? This issue came up in response to a comment on an answer I posted here. Although google searching the relevant terms didn't ...
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### Fisher consistency versus “standard” consistency

My question relates two types of consistency. In particular, how does the Fisher consistency differ from standard notions of consistency, such as convergence in probability to the generative parameter....
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### Proof that $\mathrm{E}(s^2) = \sigma^2 \cdot N/(N-1)$

What's the derivation for expected value for sample variance for a sample taken from simple random sampling without replacement, i.e., how do we show that $$\mathrm{E}(s^2) = \sigma^2 \frac{N}{N-1}$$...
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### Example of a consistent estimator that doesn't grow less variable with increased sample size?

I've had it asserted to me that any consistent estimator must necessarily also grow less variable with increased sample size. I felt that this couldn't be correct, since there was nothing in the ...
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### Does inconsistency imply biasedness?

If an estimator $\theta$ is inconsistent, can I always conclude that $\theta$ is also biased?

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