Estimand

Origin

Apparently of mid-20th century coinage from Latin aestimandum, gerundive of aestimo ("I value", "I estimate").

Full definition of estimand

Noun

1. (statistics) that which is being estimated.
• 1939, CF Roos, The Concept of Demand and Price Elasticity--The Dynamics of Automobile Demand, Statistics needs a term like estimand to replace the ...
• 1968, w, Handbook of Social Psychology: Research Methods Chapter Data Analysis--Including Statistics, We speak of the estimator's target as an estimand (as something to be estimated) rather than just as a parameter.

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