Estimating bias with bootstrap

Previously, the standard error was used as a measure of the accuracy of an estimator Estimating bias with bootstrap. We now want to look at the bias, the difference of the estimator Estimating bias with bootstrap and the parameters to be estimated the population Estimating bias with bootstrap – we want to look at systematic distortions of the estimator Estimating bias with bootstrap.

The reasons for bias in the data can be very different: ...

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