6.1 Overview

We will introduce the idea of what is called parameter estimation using a simple system of bent coins. This will generalize to more complex models, and form the basis for much of statistical inference.

Adapted from Statistical Inference for Everyone, by Brian Blais (Bryant University), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (dual-licensed under the GNU FDL 1.2 or later; this adaptation uses the CC BY-SA grant). Changes were made; this adaptation is distributed under the same license. License: CC-BY-SA-4.0.