Which of the following statements are not true?
A) Maximum likelihood estimators are generally preferable to moment estimators because of certain efficiency properties.
B) Maximum likelihood estimators often require significantly more computation than do moment estimators.
C) The definition of unbiasedness in general indicates how unbiased estimators can be derived.
D) None of the above statements are true.
E) All of the above statements are true

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The definition of unbiasedness does not provide a method for deriving unbiased estimators; it only describes a property that an estimator may have.

Which of the Following Statements Are Not True