The probability density function given below describes a probability distribution used to model scores on certain exams/tests:
?(?)={(?+1)?? for 0≤?≤1, 0 otherwise. The parameter θ must be greater than 1.
a. Find E(X).
A random sample of 10 test-takers gives the following scores in proportions:
0.96 0.43 0.77 0.85 0.93 0.79 0.77 0.85 0.74 0.98
b. Using part a, find the method of moments estimator for θ using the first moment of X based on the data above.
c. Find the maximum likelihood estimator for θ based on the data above.
The probability density function given below describes a probability distribution used to model scores on certain...
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