SOLUTION: Show that pHat = 1/p is an unbiased estimator for the parameter p in the geometric distribution.

SOLUTION: Show that pHat = 1/p is an unbiased estimator for the parameter p in the geometric distribution.

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Question 1176388: Show that pHat = 1/p is an unbiased estimator for the parameter p in the geometric distribution.
Answer by ikleyn(52798) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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See this link
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/473190/unbiased-estimator-for-geometric-distribution

or this link
http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~larry/=stat700/HW04_sols.pdf

or this link
https://www2.stat.duke.edu/courses/Spring11/sta114/hw/hw07.pdf

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