Talk:Consistent estimator

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The closing claim jumps too quickly. What if |\alpha_n|\to|\alpha|>1 and \frac{\varepsilon}{\alpha} < \varepsilon? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.119.162.88 (talk • contribs) 22 January 22, 2008

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unbiased implies consistent?! the variance goes to zero as n->infinite, then it is consistent. Jackzhp (talk) 19:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

the variance doesn't necessarily go to zero as n\rightarrow\infty. But yes, many unbiased estimators are consistent. --Zvika (talk) 07:14, 20 April 2008 (UTC)