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The property of a parameter function being recoverable as a linear combination of observed outcomes under a model.
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Describe whether a model can estimate a target parameter.Separates a meaningful estimand from whether the study design can actually estimate it.
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- estimability of a contrast
- estimable function
- assess estimability
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Because the design matrix was rank-deficient, the individual coefficients lacked estimability.
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For a linear model, a linear function is estimable when it can be represented by a linear combination of observed responses with the required expected value.
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