(a) Are they unbiased estimators for µ?
(b) Compute the MSE for all the 4 estimators.
(c) Which one is the best estimator for µ? Why.
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(a) Are they unbiased estimators for µ? (b) Compute the MSE for all the 4 estimators. (c) Which one is the best estimat...
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Hint of HW2:
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SOLVE the following in R code:
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...
Hint of HW2:
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