Let Y4 be the largest order statistic of a sample of size n = 4
from a
distribution with uniform pdf f(x; θ) = 1/θ, 0 < x < θ, zero
elsewhere. If the prior
pdf of the parameter g(θ) = 2/θ3, 1 < θ < ∞, zero elsewhere,
find the Bayesian
estimator δ(Y4) of θ, based upon the sufficient statistic Y4, using
the loss function
|δ(y4) − θ|.
Let Y4 be the largest order statistic of a sample of size n = 4 from...
Let Xi , i = 1, · · · , n be a random sample from Poisson(θ) with pdf f(x|θ) = e −θ θ x x! , x = 0, 1, 2, · · · . (a) Find the posterior distribution for θ when the prior is an exponential distribution with mean 1; (b) Find the Bayesian estimator under the square loss function. (c) Find a 95% credible interval for the parameter θ for the sample x1 = 2, x2...
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