EpXˉ=n1(EX1+EX2+.....+EXn)=n1(p+p+...+p)=p
Thus, Xˉ is an unbiased estimator for p. In this circumstance, we generally write p^ instead of Xˉ. In addition, we can use the fact that for independent random variables, the variance of the sum is the sum of the variances to see that
Var(p^)=n21(Var(X1)+Var(X2)+...+Var(Xn))
=n21(p(1−p)+p(1−p)+...+P(1−p))=n1p(1−p)
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