What 'unbiased' means

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An estimator θ^\hat\theta of a parameter θ\theta is called unbiased when which condition holds?

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  1. It's a statement about the expectation.
  2. Unbiased ≠ minimum-variance ≠ consistent.

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Its expected value equals the true parameter

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