Suppose Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5 is a random sample from a gamma distribution where the shape parameter is known to be 2 and the scale parameter is unknown.
a) Show that is a pivotal quantity.
b) Show that is a pivotal quantity.
Suppose Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5 is a random sample from a gamma distribution where the...
Let Y1< Y2< Y3< Y4< Y5 be the order statistics of n=5 independent observations from the exponential distribution with mean= 1. determine P(Y1>1) and find the pdf of Y5
Let Y1, Y2, …, Y4 be a random sample from a normal distribution with mean 10 years and standard deviation 2.5 years. Find the following probabilities. A. P(Y4 > 14 years) B. P(Y1 + Y2 + Y3 + Y4 < 36 years) C. P{(Y1 < 9 years) and (Y2 < 9 years) and (Y3 < 9 years) and (Y4 < 9 years)} Note: B and C are asking different questions. D. Find E(Y1 +...
2. [x] Suppose that Y1, Y2, Y3 denote a random sample from an exponential distribution whose pdf and cdf are given by f(y) = (1/0)e¬y/® and F(y) =1 – e-y/0, 0 > 0. It is also known that E[Y;] = 0. ', y > 0, respectively, with some unknown (a) Let X = min{Y1,Y2, Y3}. Show that X has pdf given by f(æ) = (3/0)e-3y/º. Start by thinking about 1- F(x) = Pr(min{Y1,Y2, Y3} > x) = Pr(Y1 > x,...
Y1, Y2, ... Yn are a random sample from the Gamma distribution with parameters α and β (a) Suppose that α-4 is known and β is unknown. Find a complete sufficient statistic for β. Find the MVUE of β. (Hint: What is E(Y)?) (b) Suppose that β = 4 is known and a is unknown. Find a complete sufficient statistic for α.
15. (30 points) Let Y1 < Y2 < Y3 < Y4 be the order statistics of a random sample of size n = 4 from a distribution with p.d.f.f(x) 2x, 0 < x < 1, zero elsewhere. Evaluate E[Yalyj]. [Hint: First find the joint p.d.f. of Y3 and Y4, and then find the conditional p.d.f. of Y4 given Y3 y3] 15. (30 points) Let Y1
Let Y1<Y2<...<Yn be the order statistics of a random sample of size n from the distribution having p.d.f f(x) = e-y , 0<y<, zero elsewhere. Answer the following questions. (a) decide whether Z1 = Y2 and Z2=Y4-Y2 are stochastically independent or not. (hint. first find the joint p.d.f. of Y2 and Y4) (b) show that Z1 = nY1, Z2= (n-1)(Y2-Y1), Z3=(n-2)(Y3-Y2), ...., Zn=Yn-Yn-1 are stocahstically independent and that each Zi has the exponential distribution.(hint use change of variable technique)
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The random variables Y1 and Y2 follow the bivariate normal distribution in (2.74). Show that if 12 = 0, Y1, and Y2 are independent random variables. We were unable to transcribe this imageexp1 21 Pí2 (2.74) 2p12 σ2 σ2
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1. Suppose X1, ..., Xn be a random sample from Exp(1) and Y1 < ... < Yn be the order statistics from this sample. a) Find the joint pdf of (Y1, .. , Yn). b) Find the joint pdf of (W1, .. , Wn) where W1 = nY1, W2 = (n-1)(Y2 -Y1), W3 = (n - 2)(Y3 - Y2),..., Wn-1 = 2(Yn-1 - Yn-2), Wn = Yn - Yn-1. (c) Show that Wi's are independent and its distribution is identically...