Consider data that follow an exponential regression with no intercept y ind exp(Bri), where the scalar...
QUESTION 5 Suppose that Yı, Y2,.., Yn independent variables such that where β is an unknown parameter, X1, x2-.., xn are known real numbers, and el,e2 independent random errors each with a normal distribution with mean 0 and variance ơ2 ,en are (a) Show that is an unbiased estimator of β. What is the variance of the estimator? (b) Given that the probability density function of Y is elsewhere, show that the maximum likelihood estimator of β is not the...
I. Consider a variable y = θ + where θ is an unknown parameter and e is a random variable with mean zero. (a) What is the expected value of y? (b) Suppose you draw a sample of yi yn. Derive the least squares estimator for θ. For full credit you must check the 2nd order condition c) Can this estimator (0) be described as a method of moments estimator? (d) Now suppose є is independent normally distributed with mean...
1. Consider a variable y = θ+e where θ is an unknown parameter and e is a random variable with mean zero (a) What is the expected value of y (b) Suppose you draw a sample of in y-Derive the least squares estimator for θ. For full credit you must check the 2nd order condition. (c) Can this estimator () be described as a method of moments estimator? (d) Now suppose e is independent normally distributed with mean 0 and...
QUESTION 2 Let Xi.. Xn be a random sample from a N (μ, σ 2) distribution, and let S2 and Š-n--S2 be two estimators of σ2. Given: E (S2) σ 2 and V (S2) - ya-X)2 n-l -σ (a) Determine: E S2): (l) V (S2); and (il) MSE (S) (b) Which of s2 and S2 has a larger mean square error? (c) Suppose thatnis an estimator of e based on a random sample of size n. Another equivalent definition of...
Problem 3: Absence of Intercept Consider the regression model Y, = BX,+", where , and X, satisfy Assumptions SLR1-SLR5. Y (i) Let B denote an estimator of B that is constructed as P where Y and X as are the sample means of Y,and X,, respectively. Show that B is conditionally unbiased. Derive the least squares estimator of B. Show that the estimator is conditionally unbiased. Derive the conditional variance of the estimator. (ii) (iii) (iv) 2
Consider a random vector Y () y(2). y(k) where the elements y(i) are made yi)wi), j-1, ...k where w(j) are independent, identically distributed, Gaussian, zero-mean, and with the variance σ2 i.e., N(0, σ2). 1. Find the Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimator for xr, i.e., ML 2. Find the Mean Square Error (MSE) of ML estimator, i.e., MSE(XML) Ξ Var@sL) 3. Is this estimator consistent? Prove your answer 4. Is this estimator efficient? Prove your answer
3. Suppose that the 5-year survival probability, X, for women with breast cancer who live in a rural county follows Beta distribution with probability density function (pdf) fx (20) = 0.00-1 where 0 < x < 1 and parameter 6 > 0. Let X1, ..., X, be a random sample of size n from a population of rural counties. Researchers intend to make statistical inference on the parameter 6 using collected data X1, ..., (a) Let Y; = – log(Xi)...
in a Bayesian view. Consider the prior π(a)-1 for all a e R Consider a Gaussian linear model Y = aX+ E Determine whether each of the following statements is true or false. π(a) a uniform prior. (1) (a) True (b) False L(Y=y14=a,X=x) (2) π(a) is a jeffreys prior when we consider the likelihood (where we assume xis known) (a) True (b)False Y-XB+ σε where ε E R" is a random vector with Consider a linear regression model E[ε1-0, E[eErJ-1....
linear stat modeling & regression 1) Consider n data points with 3 covariates and observations {xn, ^i2, xi3,yid; i,,n, and you fit the following model, y Bi+Br2+Br+e that is yi A) +Ari,1 +Ari,2 +Buri,3 + єї where є,'s are independent normal distribution with mean zero and variance ơ2 . H the vectors of (Y1, . . . ,Yn). Assume the covariates are centered: Σίχί,,-0, k = 1,2,3. ere, n = 50, Let L are Assume, X'X is a diagonal matrix...
Question 1 Consider the following Multiple Regression Model yı BoB1B2 + El, y2 BIB2E2 y3 B2Es, and y4 Bo+BI4 Suppose that & 's are independent and identically distributed N(0, o2 ) a) Write down the model in the matrix form b) Show that 2 2 1 X'X2 3 2 1.67 -1.33 0.33 (X'X) 1.67 Note that -1.33 -0.67 1 2 3 0.33 -0.67 0.67 c) Find unbiased estimators for Bo, Bi, and B2 given that y 3, y2 1, y3-...