Nonestimable parametric functions for some discrete distributions

Shaul K. Bar-Lev

doi:10.1080/00031305.1987.10475478

Nonestimable parametric functions for some discrete distributions

Shaul K. Bar-Lev

Department of Statistics

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Abstract

Consider a random sample from a discrete distribution sup-ported on a finite set of points and depending on a vector of unknown parameters. It is shown that any estimand of these parameters having an unbounded range is nonestimable.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-200
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Statistician
Volume	41
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.1987.10475478
State	Published - Aug 1987

Keywords

Estimable function
Estimand
Uniformly minimum-variance unbiased estimation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Statistics and Probability
General Mathematics
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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