RE: [ai-geostats] How to calculate an unbiased estimate of variance from a set of weighted samples

2005-10-10 Thread PCollier
Title: RE: [ai-geostats] How to calculate an unbiased estimate of variance from a set of weighted samples My poor little geologist brain hurts... Perry Collier Qld, Australia -Original Message- From: Gerald van den Boogaart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent

Re: [ai-geostats] How to calculate an unbiased estimate of variance from a set of weighted samples

2005-10-10 Thread Gerald van den Boogaart
Just a comment on Edward Isaaks summary: > is the "best" one. By "best, I mean the estimator which minimizes bias, or > better yet, is unbiased. The standard meaning of "best" in statistics and geostatistics is not "minimizing bias", but "minizing expected squared error (=Variance+squared bia