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Lecture 12: Integration (39)
cornrow-kenny

Just to make sure I understand: f(x)/p1(x) would give us a lower variance estimator than f(x)/p2(x)?

The way I'm visualizing it in terms of the provided image is that f(x)/p1(x) would graph to a "flatter" line than f(x)/p2(x), which would be reflected in the variance of the estimator.

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