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---
title: Estimator
description: API reference for qiskit.primitives.Estimator
in_page_toc_min_heading_level: 1
python_api_type: class
python_api_name: qiskit.primitives.Estimator
---
# Estimator
<Class id="qiskit.primitives.Estimator" isDedicatedPage={true} github="https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.1/qiskit/primitives/estimator.py#L38-L158" signature="qiskit.primitives.Estimator(*, options=None)" modifiers="class">
Bases: [`BaseEstimatorV1`](qiskit.primitives.BaseEstimatorV1 "qiskit.primitives.base.base_estimator.BaseEstimatorV1")\[[`PrimitiveJob`](qiskit.primitives.PrimitiveJob "qiskit.primitives.primitive_job.PrimitiveJob")\[[`EstimatorResult`](qiskit.primitives.EstimatorResult "qiskit.primitives.base.estimator_result.EstimatorResult")]]
Reference implementation of [`BaseEstimator`](qiskit.primitives.BaseEstimator "qiskit.primitives.BaseEstimator").
**Run Options**
* **shots** (None or int) The number of shots. If None, it calculates the exact expectation values. Otherwise, it samples from normal distributions with standard errors as standard deviations using normal distribution approximation.
* **seed** (np.random.Generator or int) Set a fixed seed or generator for the normal distribution. If shots is None, this option is ignored.
**Parameters**
**options** ([*dict*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#dict "(in Python v3.12)") *| None*) Default options.
**Raises**
[**QiskitError**](exceptions#qiskit.exceptions.QiskitError "qiskit.exceptions.QiskitError") if some classical bits are not used for measurements.
## Attributes
### options
<Attribute id="qiskit.primitives.Estimator.options">
Return options values for the estimator.
**Returns**
options
</Attribute>
## Methods
### run
<Function id="qiskit.primitives.Estimator.run" github="https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.1/qiskit/primitives/base/base_estimator.py#L120-L177" signature="run(circuits, observables, parameter_values=None, **run_options)">
Run the job of the estimation of expectation value(s).
`circuits`, `observables`, and `parameter_values` should have the same length. The i-th element of the result is the expectation of observable
```python
obs = observables[i]
```
for the state prepared by
```python
circ = circuits[i]
```
with bound parameters
```python
values = parameter_values[i].
```
**Parameters**
* **circuits** (*Sequence\[*[*QuantumCircuit*](qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit")*] |* [*QuantumCircuit*](qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit "qiskit.circuit.QuantumCircuit")) one or more circuit objects.
* **observables** (*Sequence\[BaseOperator |* [*str*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str "(in Python v3.12)")*] | BaseOperator |* [*str*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str "(in Python v3.12)")) one or more observable objects. Several formats are allowed; importantly, `str` should follow the string representation format for [`Pauli`](qiskit.quantum_info.Pauli "qiskit.quantum_info.Pauli") objects.
* **parameter\_values** (*Sequence\[Sequence\[*[*float*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float "(in Python v3.12)")*]] | Sequence\[*[*float*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float "(in Python v3.12)")*] |* [*float*](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#float "(in Python v3.12)") *| None*) concrete parameters to be bound.
* **run\_options** runtime options used for circuit execution.
**Returns**
The job object of EstimatorResult.
**Raises**
* [**TypeError**](https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#TypeError "(in Python v3.12)") Invalid argument type given.
* [**ValueError**](https://docs.python.org/3/library/exceptions.html#ValueError "(in Python v3.12)") Invalid argument values given.
**Return type**
T
</Function>
### set\_options
<Function id="qiskit.primitives.Estimator.set_options" github="https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/1.1/qiskit/primitives/base/base_primitive.py#L39-L45" signature="set_options(**fields)">
Set options values for the estimator.
**Parameters**
**\*\*fields** The fields to update the options
</Function>
</Class>