Talk:Statistical parameter

Misuse Section
So...I'm new to wikipedia editing, and I don't want to step on anyone's toes here, but does anyone else think the "Misuse of statistical terminology" is incorrect, in addition to being weirdly condescending? The examples of statistics don't have much to do with statistical parameters... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chagmony (talk • contribs) 16:33, 2 February 2013 (UTC)


 * That section did indeed need editing, which I have just performed. I invited further editors from editors who know statistics well. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 21:58, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Definitions
Math articles in wikipedia suffer from extremely poor definitions which make the subject difficult to understand for non-mathematicians. This article starts with "Statistical parameter is a parameter......." Honestly! A parameter is a parameter!? Whoever looks up this article is looking for a definition of parameter. In fact, inputting parameter in the search field redirects here. PLEASE, define parameter BEFORE you define statistical parameter. Nowhere in this article is the word parameter actually defined.98.170.198.158 (talk) 03:30, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

Confusion
I've completely rewritten the lede, which was really very poor before. I believe it was written by a mathematician rather than a statistician; there was confusion between the general case of "parameter of a population" and "parameterised distributions"; as a population may or may not follow a mathematically well-known and defined distribution I've separated these ideas. Will come back later and try and improve the body of the article. Euan Richard (talk) 13:56, 24 January 2021 (UTC)

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