Consider n independent and identically distributed random variables X1,X2, following a uniform distribution on the interval...
18. Let X, X2, ..., Xv are independent and identically distributed standard uniform random variables. Find the following expectations: (a) E[max(X,,X2, .Xn,)] (b) E[min(X1,X2,..., Xn)]
Problem 5: 10 points Consider n independent variables, {X1, X2,... , Xn) uniformly distributed over the unit interval, (0,1) Introduce two new random variables, M-max (X1, X2,..., Xn) and N -min (X1, X2,..., Xn) 1. Find the joint distribution of a pair (M,N) 2. Derive the CDF and density for M 3. Derive the CDF and density for N.
The random variables X1, X2, - .. are independent and identically distributed with common pdf 0 х > fx (x;0) (2) ; х<0. This distribution has many applications in engineering, and is known as the Rayleigh distribution. 2 (a) Show that if X has pdf given by (2), then Y = X2/0 is x2, i.e. T (1, 2) i.e. exponential with mean 2, with pdf fr (y;0) - ; y0; (b) Show that the maximum likelihood estimator of 0 is...
1. Let X1, X2,... , Xn be independent and identically distributed according to the unifornm distribution on (0,1). Let Xn and fn denote the 6th smallest and its pdf, respectively Determine fn(x) limn
Let Xi, X2,... , Xn denote independent and identically distributed uniform random variables on the interval 10, 3β) . Obtain the maxium likelihood estimator for B, B. Use this estimator to provide an estimate of Var[X] when r1-1.3, x2- 3.9, r3-2.2
Let X1, , X2 ... be a sequence of independent and identically distributed continuous random variables. Say that a peak occurs at time n if Xn-1 < Xn < Xn+1 . Argue that the proportion of time that a peak occurs is, with probability 1, equal to 1/3
If X1 and X2 are independent and identically distributed normal random variables with mean m and variance s2, find the probability distribution function for U=X1-3X2/2.
(a) Suppose that X1, X2,... are independent and identically distributed random variables each taking the value 1 with probability p and the value -1 with probability 1-p. For n = Yn-X1 + X2 + . . . + Xn. Is {Y, a Markov chain? If so, write down its state space and transition probability matrix 1, 2, . . ., denne
2. Let X1, X2,. . , Xn denote independent and identically distributed random variables with variance σ2, which of the following is sufficient to conclude that the estimator T f(Xi, , Xn) of a parameter 6 is consistent (fully justify your answer): (a) Var(T) (b) E(T) (n-1) and Var(T) (c) E(T) 6. (d) E(T) θ and Var(T)-g2. 72 121
3. (a) (5 points) Let Xi,... be a sequence of independent identically distributed random variables e of tnduqendent idente onm the interval (o, 1] and let Compute the (almost surely) limit of Yn (b) (5 points) Let X1, X2,... be independent randon variables such that Xn is a discrete random variable uniform on the set {1, 2, . . . , n + 1]. Let Yn = min(X1,X2, . . . , Xn} be the smallest value among Xj,Xn. Show...