parameter estimation
What parameter estimation means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel, WJEC.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Reading the gradient and vertical intercept from a logarithmic graph and converting the intercept back to a or k by exponentiating with the chosen base.
Using calculated sample statistics as point estimates for unknown population parameters.
Topics that use parameter estimation
- Exponentials and logarithms (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Statistical Sampling (AS Unit 2: Applied Mathematics A) (WJEC A-Level)
Related terms
- Continuous change
- Differentiation of exponential functions
- Exponential function
- Exponential modelling
- gradient
- informal inference
- inverse functions
- laws of logarithms
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