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Refers to an estimator of a population parameter that "hits the true value" on average. That is, a function of the observed data $\hat{\theta}$ is an unbiased estimator of a parameter $\theta$ if $E(\hat{\theta}) = \theta$. The simplest example of an unbiased estimator is the sample mean as an estimator of the population mean.

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Finding an unbiased estimator with the smallest variance

I will state the question then my methodology. Q: We have 3 random variables, $X1,X2,X3$ that are independent and identically distributed (iid). We would like to estimate $\theta = E[X1]$. Suppose tha …