An aid to intuitively understanding bias and consistency

Neil Spencer

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9639.1999.tb00820.x

An aid to intuitively understanding bias and consistency

Neil Spencer

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Abstract

Students often find the concepts of bias and consistency hard to understand intuitively. This paper presents means of demonstrating these concepts using a computer so that the students, once they have seen them in action, can more readily grasp their meanings and implications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	88-89
Journal	Teaching Statistics
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.1999.tb00820.x
Publication status	Published - 1999

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