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estimand

estimand noun: that which is being estimated.

Noun

estimand (plural estimands)

  1. that which is being estimated.
    • Statistics needs a term like estimand to replace the lengthy phrase independent variable.1939, Charles F. Roos with Victor von Szeliski, “The Concept of Demand and Price Elasticity—The Dynamics of Automobile Demand”, in Journal of the American Statistical Association, volume 34, number...
    • We speak of the estimator's target as an estimand (as something to be estimated) rather than just as a parameter.1968, Frederick Mosteller with John W. Tukey, “Data Analysis--Including Statistics”, in Handbook of Social Psychology, 2nd edition, volume 2: Research Methods, page 106

Forms of estimand

pluralestimands

Origin of estimand

Apparently of mid-20th century coinage from Latin aestimandum, gerundive of aestimō (“to value”, “to estimate”).

Questions about estimand

What does estimand mean?
Estimand means that which is being estimated.
What part of speech is estimand?
Estimand is a noun.
What is the plural of estimand?
The plural of estimand is estimands.

Words near estimand in the dictionary

  1. estimabilities
  2. estimability
  3. estimable
  4. estimableness
  5. estimably
  6. estimand
  7. estimands
  8. estimatability
  9. estimatable
  10. estimate
  11. estimated

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