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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 ib Paper 1 7H b Solution by
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An unbiased estimator of a parameter satisfies for every permissible value of . Since the sample mean is linear,so is unbiased.
Use the identityThe two expectations on the right are and , respectively. HenceThusThe unbiased sample variance instead divides the same sum of squares by .
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