Statistics and experimental design · MLD-1166
Statistical bias
The difference between an estimator's expected value and the quantity it estimates.
Original reference page · detailed expansion pending. Original definitions, examples, notes and citations are preserved below. New examples are illustrative, not benchmark results.
Original example
Compare average fitted estimates with the true parameter.
Original caveat
Different from a neural bias parameter or social bias.
Context and aliases
Level: Intermediate. Stages: Theory · Evaluation · Research.
Tags: ML · DL · SLM · LLM.
Aliases: Estimator bias.
Related concepts
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Original references
- scikit-learn: cross-validation ↗ · Reference link
- Mathematics for Machine Learning ↗ · Reference link
- scikit-learn: evaluation metrics ↗ · Reference link
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