TOPIC:Unbiased estimator ,Standard error of an estimator.
Question 1 (20 points). Suppose that Yı, Y2, ..., Yn is an iid sample from a...
. Suppose the Y1, Y2, · · · , Yn denote a random sample from a population with Rayleigh distribution (Weibull distribution with parameters 2, θ) with density function f(y|θ) = 2y θ e −y 2/θ, θ > 0, y > 0 Consider the estimators ˆθ1 = Y(1) = min{Y1, Y2, · · · , Yn}, and ˆθ2 = 1 n Xn i=1 Y 2 i . ii) (10 points) Determine if ˆθ1 and ˆθ2 are unbiased estimators, and in...
Let Yı, Y2, ...,Yn be an iid sample from a population distribution described by the pdf fy(y|0) = (@+ 1) yº, o<y<1 for 0> - -1. (a) Find the MOM estimator of 0. (b) Find the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of 0. (c) Find the MLE of the population mean E(Y) = 0 +1 0 + 2 You do not need to prove that the above is true. Just find its MLE.
1. Let Yı,Y2,..., Yn denote a random sample from a population with mean E (-0,) and variance o2 € (0,0). Let Yn = n- Y. Recall that, by the law of large numbers, Yn is a consistent estimator of . (a) (10 points) Prove that Un="in is a consistent estimator of . (b) (5 points) Prove that Vn = Yn-n is not a consistent estimator of (c) (5 points) Suppose that, for each i, P(Y, - of ? Prove what...
Suppose that Y1 , Y2 ,..., Yn denote a random sample of size n from a normal population with mean μ and variance 2 . Problem # 2: Suppose that Y , Y,,...,Y, denote a random sample of size n from a normal population with mean u and variance o . Then it can be shown that (n-1)S2 p_has a chi-square distribution with (n-1) degrees of freedom. o2 a. Show that S2 is an unbiased estimator of o. b....
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...
Suppose Y1, Y2, ..., Yn is an iid sample from a Pareto population distribution described by the pdf fy(y|0) = 4ao y -0-1 y > 20, 2 where the parameter do is known. The unknown parameter is 0 > 0. (a) Find the MOM estimator of 0. (b) Find the MLE of 0.
Question 4 Let Yı: Y2, .... Yn denote a random sample and let E(Y) = u and Var(Y) = o-y, i = 1, 2, ..., n. (b) Prove that the standard error of the sample mean Y SEⓇ) =
2. Let Yı, ..., Yn be a random sample from an Exponential distribution with density function e-, y > 0. Let Y(1) minimum(Yi, , Yn). (a) Find the CDE of Y) b) Find the PDF of Y (c) Is θ-Yu) is an unbiased estimator of θ? Show your work. (d) what modification can be made to θ so it's unbiased? Explain.
Let Yı,Y2, ..., Yn be iid from a population following the shifted exponential distribution with scale parameter B = 1. The pdf of the population distribution is given by fy(y\0) = y-0) = e x I(y > 0). The "shift" @ > 0 is the only unknown parameter. (a) Find L(@ly), the likelihood function of 0. (b) Find a sufficient statistic for 0 using the Factorization Theorem. (Hint: O is bounded above by y(1) min{Y1, 42, ..., .., Yn}.) (c)...
7. (12 points) Let Yı,Y2, ..., Yn be a random sample from Gamma(a,b), where a = 2 and 3 is an unknown parameter. 2 (a) Find the method of moments (MOM) estimator of B. (b) Find the maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of B. (€) Are the estimators in parts (a) and (b) MVUEs for B? Justify your answer.