AppliedMultiple choice
The maximum likelihood estimator of a normal variance divides by rather than . What are its properties?
- ABiased downward in finite samples, but consistent
- BUnbiased and consistent
- CBiased and inconsistent
- DUnbiased but inconsistent
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