Question

For a sequence of these functions “t sub n,” define “s sub n” as equal to “t sub n” whenever “t sub n” is greater than “n to the negative one-fourth power” and 0 elsewhere; Joseph Hodges showed that the sequence of these functions “s sub n” has better asymptotic performance than “t sub n,” but is highly irregular. The influence function (10[1])obtained from Huber’s psi function is used to construct a class of these functions denoted by the letter capital M. When these functions have a high breakdown point, they are robust. These functions’ variance (10[1])is greater than or equal to one over the Fisher information. (10[1])These functions either output points or intervals. (10[1])A common (10[1])method of obtaining (10[1])these functions (-5[1])finds the parameters that maximize the log-likelihood. (-5[4])The bias of these functions (10[1])describes (10[1])how far off (-5[1])their expected (-5[1])value (10[1])is. (10[2])For 10 points, name these functions that approximate (10[1])the (10[1])value of a population (-5[1])parameter. (10[1])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: estimators [accept any kind of estimators; accept statistical estimation, estimates, or maximum likelihood estimation; prompt on statistics] (The sentence about bounding estimator variance references the Cramér–Rao bound.)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2286%0%36%132.53

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tim MorrisonStanford ADuke A6110
Alex LiGeorgia Tech AChicago A9510
Geoffrey ChenCornell AWUSTL A10610
David BassVirginia APenn A11310
Ricky LiMIT AHarvard A11510
Ted GanPenn State AClaremont A11810
Connor MayersMaryland AChicago B120-5
Anson BernsBrown AYale A127-5
Albert ZhangColumbia BUC Berkeley B127-5
S. A. ShenoyGeorgia Tech BMcGill A127-5
Leo LawFlorida AOhio State A127-5
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AChicago C13210
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AUC Berkeley A13310
Richard NiuCornell BTexas A136-5
Nicholas TunksMinnesota BRutgers B138-5
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BSouth Carolina A13910
Alex AkridgeIndiana AColumbia A14010
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AMinnesota A14010
Max BrodskyIllinois ARutgers A14810
Carlos DoebeliImperial APurdue A14910
Conor ThompsonIowa State AYale B153-5
Kevin FanMcGill AGeorgia Tech B15410
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AHouston A15510
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BColumbia B15510
Raul PassementTexas ACornell B15510
Daniel YangChicago BMaryland A15510
Michał GerasimiukYale ABrown A15510
Lexi TermanRutgers BMinnesota B1550
Matthew SiffYale BIowa State A1550