The “best estimate” of the mean of a parent distribution, using a data set consisting of N samples, is the simple mean of the sample data set (assuming that each sample is assigned the same error). True or False

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Section10.5: Comparing Sets Of Data
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The “best estimate” of the mean of a parent distribution, using a data set consisting of N samples, is the simple mean of the sample data set (assuming that each sample is assigned the same error).

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