Suppose we have a random sample \(X_1, X_2, \cdots, X_n\) whose assumed probability distribution depends on some unknown parameter \(\theta\). Our primary goal here will be to find a point estimator \(u(X_1, X_2, \cdots, X_n)\), such that \(u(x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_n)\) is a "good" point estimate of \(\theta\), where \(x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_n\) are the observed values of the random sample. More @Wikipedia
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