point estimation

noun

Statistics.

the process of determining a single estimated value point estimate of a parameter of a given population.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of point estimation¹

First recorded in 1960–65

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Then the accounts were analyzed using a technique developed and validated by Pablo Barberá in a 2015 paper, “Birds of the Same Feather Tweet Together: Bayesian Ideal Point Estimation Using Twitter Data.”

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The December 6-7 tests met all primary and secondary goals, including "launch point estimation, ballistic tracking and discrimination performance," Raytheon, the world's biggest missile-maker, said in a draft press release.

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It seems to me that Gilmore is one of the men generated by new events and not by Washington or West Point estimation.

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point estimate point group

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