Tell whether the following statistic is a biased or unbiased estimator of a population parameter: Sample proportion used to estimate a population proportion.
A) unbiased
B) biased

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Sample proportion is an unbiased estimator of a population proportion because it is calculated as the number of successes divided by the total number of observations, and this ratio is an unbiased estimator of the true population proportion.

Tell Whether the Following Statistic Is a Biased or Unbiased