Minimum variance unbiased estimator

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:statistician
gptkbp:abbreviation MVUE
gptkbp:appliesTo parameter estimation
gptkbp:category point estimator
gptkbp:contrastsWith biased estimator
maximum likelihood estimator (not always unbiased)
gptkbp:definedIn an unbiased estimator with the lowest variance among all unbiased estimators for a parameter
gptkbp:example sample mean as MVUE for normal distribution mean
sample variance as MVUE for normal distribution variance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Minimum variance unbiased estimator
gptkbp:property unbiasedness
minimum variance
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cramér–Rao_bound
gptkb:Lehmann–Scheffé_theorem
gptkbp:requires existence of unbiased estimators
gptkbp:used_in statistics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rao–Cramer_inequality
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8