estimator
/ˈɛstɪmeɪtə
/noun Statistics
1A rule, method, or criterion for arriving at an estimate of the value of a parameter.As discussed above, they both have shortcoming as estimators of reliability....
- In contrast, the likelihood estimator maintains a low standard error across the full range of conditions.
- For both types of nests, daily survival rates and standard errors were calculated using the maximum-likelihood estimator of Bart and Robson.
1.1A quantity used or evaluated as an estimate of the value of a parameter.This is based on an analytical relationship between the expected value of the estimator and its real value....
- In this article, we define new population-specific parameters of population divergence and construct sample statistics that are estimators of these parameters.
- In tests for this paper, I found that some of the estimators became statistically significant after the Newey-West corrections were performed, while other estimators remained insignificant.
1.2A person who estimates the price, value, number, quantity, or extent of something.How can its estimators obtain pricing for the many items they are going to need?...
- While the estimator doesn't know the price of parts for my bike, and will let the shop determine that, he figures it'll be around $800 to fix everything.
- He explained that his work as chief estimator is different from that of junior estimator, to the extent that when he was a junior estimator the senior partners Emmons & Mitchell were watching his work closely.