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What statistic best estimates the sample mean in case of missing data in a distribution?

I have samples of particles and am interested in the particle lengths. The problem is that the samples are assessed using image analysis. As the particles overlap, the measurements are incomplete and ...
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Expected maximum given population size, mean, and variance

How would one estimate the maximum given population size, a few moments, and perhaps some additional assumption on the distribution? Something like "I'm going to do $N_s≫1$ measurements out of ...
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