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The Pareto probability distribution has many applications in economics, biology, and physics. Let β> 0 and δ> 0 be the population parameters, and let XI, X2, , Xn be a random sample from the distribution with probability density function zero otherwise. Suppose B is known Recall: a method of moments estimator of δ is δ = the maximum likelihood estimator of δ is δ In In X-in β has an Exponential (0--) distribution Suppose S is known Recall Fx(x) =...
8. Let X1,...,Xn denote a random sample of size n from an exponential distribution with density function given by, 1 -x/0 -e fx(x) MSE(1). Hint: What is the (a) Show that distribution of Y/1)? nY1 is an unbiased estimator for 0 and find (b) Show that 02 = Yn is an unbiased estimator for 0 and find MSE(O2). (c) Find the efficiency of 01 relative to 02. Which estimate is "better" (i.e. more efficient)?
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Let X1, X2, ..., Xn be a random sample from a Gamma( a , ) distribution. That is, f(x;a,0) = loga xa-le-210, 0 < x <co, a>0,0 > 0. Suppose a is known. a. Obtain a method of moments estimator of 0, 0. b. Obtain the maximum likelihood estimator of 0, 0. c. Is O an unbiased estimator for 0 ? Justify your answer. "Hint": E(X) = p. d. Find Var(ë). "Hint": Var(X) = o/n. e. Find MSE(Ô).
2. Let Xi,... ,Xn be a random sample from a distribution with p.d.f for 0 < x < θ f(x; 0) - 0 elsewhere . (a) Find an estimator for θ using the method of moments. (b) Find the variance of your estimator in (a).
2. Suppose Xi,X2,..., Xn are i.i.d. random variables such that a e [0, 1] and has the following density function: r (2a) (1a-1 where ? > 0 is the parameter for the distribution. It is known that E(X) = 2 Compute the method of moments estimator for a
Exercise: Let Yİ,Y2, ,, be a random sample from a Gamma distribution with parameters and β. Assume α > 0 is known. a. Find the Maximum Likelihood Estimator for β. b. Show that the MLE is consistent for β. c. Find a sufficient statistic for β. d. Find a minimum variance unbiased estimator of β. e. Find a uniformly most powerful test for HO : β-2 vs. HA : β > 2. (Assume P(Type!Error)- 0.05, n 10 and a -...
7. When we impose a restriction on the OLS estimation that the intercept estimator is zero, we call it regression through the origin. Consider a population model Y- Au + βίχ + u and we estimate an OLS regression model through the origin: Y-β¡XHi (note that the true intercept parameter Bo is not necessarily zero). (i) Under assumptions SLR.1-SLR.4, either use the method of moments or minimize the SSR to show that the βί-1-- ie1 (2) Find E(%) in terms...
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).
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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...
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iid Let X1, , Xn ~ U (0,0). We are going to compare two estimators for θ: 01-2X, the method of moments estimator -maxX.... X1, the maximum likelihood estimator I. Generate 50,000 samples of size n-50 from U(0,5). For each sample compute both θ1 and 02 (Hint: You can use the R cornmand max (v) to find the maximum entry of a vector v). The results should be collected in two vectors of length...
be a random sample from the density 16 1. Let Xi, . f(x; β) otherwise 8(1-/4). You may suppose that E(X)(/ (a) Find a sufficient statistic Y for B and Var(X) C21 C2] 031 (b) Find the maximum likelihood estimator B of B and show that it is a function (c) Determine the Rao-Cramér lower bound (RCLB) for the variance of unbiased (d) Use the following data and maximum likelihood estimator to give an approxi- 2.66, 2.02, 2.02, 0.76, 1.70,...