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Suppose that X1, X2, ..., Xn is an iid sample, each with probability p of being distributed as uniform over (-1/2,1/2) and with probability 1 - p of being distributed as uniform over (a) Find the cumulative distribution function (cdf) and the probability density function (pdf) of X1 (b) Find the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of p. c) Find another estimator of p using the method of moments (MOM)
Suppose that X1, X2,....Xn is an iid sample of size n from a Pareto pdf of the form 0-1) otherwise, where θ > 0. (a) Find θ the method of moments (MOM) estimator for θ For what values of θ does θ exist? Why? (b) Find θ, the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) for θ. (c) Show explicitly that the MLE depends on the sufficient statistic for this Pareto family but that the MOM estimator does not
Suppose X1, X2, ..., Xn is an iid sample from fx(r ja-θ(1-z)0-11(0 1), where x θ>0. (a) Find the method of moments (MOM) estimator of θ. (b) Find the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of θ (c) Find the MLE of Po(X 1/2) d) Is there a function of θ, say T 0), for which there exists an unbiased estimator whose variance attains the Cramér-Rao Lower Bound? If so, find it and identify the corresponding estimator. If not, show why not.
Suppose that X1, X2, ,Xn is an iid sample from Íx (x10), where θ Ε Θ. In each case below, find (i) the method of moments estimator of θ, (ii) the maximum likelihood estimator of θ, and (iii) the uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator (UMVUE) of T(9) 0. exp fx (x10) 1(0 < x < 20), Θ-10 : θ 0}, τ(0) arbitrary, differentiable 20 (d) n-1 (sample size of n-1 only) ー29 In part (d), comment on whether the UMVUE...
Suppose that X1, X2,., Xn is an iid sample from the probability mass function (pmf) given by (1 - 0)0r, 0,1,2, 0, otherwise, where 001 (a) Find the maximum likelihood estimator of θ. (b) Find the Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) on the variance of unbiased estimators of Eo(X). Can this lower bound be attained? (c) Find the method of moments estimator of θ. (d) Put a beta(2,3) prior distribution on θ. Find the posterior mean. Treating this as a fre-...
Let X1, X2, ..., Xn be a random sample with probability density function a) Is ˜θ unbiased for θ? Explain. b) Is ˜θ consistent for θ? Explain. c) Find the limiting distribution of √ n( ˜θ − θ). need only C,D, and E Let X1, X2, Xn be random sample with probability density function 4. a f(x:0) 0 for 0 〈 x a) Find the expected value of X b) Find the method of moments estimator θ e) Is θ...
Suppose that Xi, X2, ..., Xn is an iid sample from the distribution with density where θ > 0. (a) Find the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of θ (b) Give the form of the likelihood ratio test for Ho : θ-Bo versus H1: θ > θο. (c) Show that there is an appropriate statistic T - T(X) that has monotone likelihood ratio. (d) Derive the uniformly most powerful (UMP) level α test for versusS You must give an explicit expression...
Suppose that Xi, X2, , xn is an iid sample from a U(0,0) distribution, where θ 0. În turn, the parameter 0 is best regarded as a random variable with a Pareto(a, b) distribution, that is, bab 0, otherwise, where a 〉 0 and b 〉 0 are known. (a) Turn the "Bayesian crank" to find the posterior distribution of θ. I would probably start by working with a sufficient statistic (b) Find the posterior mean and use this as...
Problem 2. Rice, Problem 7, pg. 314 (Extended)] Suppose that X1,..., Xn iid Geometric(p). a) Find the method of moments estimator for p. (b) Find the maximum likelihood estimator for p. (c) Find the asymptotic variance of the MLE (d) Suppose that p has a uniform prior distribution on the interval [0, 1]. What is the posterior distribution of p? For part (e), assume that we obtained a random sample of size 4 with L^^^xi-.4 (e) What is the posterior...
5. Suppose that X1, X2, , Xn s a random sample from a uniform distribution on the interval (9,8 + 1). (a) Determine the bias of the estimator X, the sample mean. (b) Determine the mean-square error of X as an estimator of θ. (c) Find a function, a, of that is an unbiased estimator of θ. Determine the mean-square error of θ.