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Biased and Unbiased Point Estimates Practice Test
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A school wants to estimate the population mean number of minutes students at the school spend on homework per night, $\mu$. A simple random sample of 60 students is selected, and each student reports their minutes. The point estimate is constructed as the sample mean, $\bar{x}$, computed by adding the 60 reported values and dividing by 60. Which statement describes whether the estimate is biased?
A school wants to estimate the population mean number of minutes students at the school spend on homework per night, $\mu$. A simple random sample of 60 students is selected, and each student reports their minutes. The point estimate is constructed as the sample mean, $\bar{x}$, computed by adding the 60 reported values and dividing by 60. Which statement describes whether the estimate is biased?