

Question 1. Suppose X1, X2, ..., Xn " Bernoulli(p). Define T = _, X; as the...
Let {x1, x2, ..., xn} be a sample from
Bernoulli(p). Find an unbiased estimator for p^2 .
Let {x1,x2,..., Xn} be a ..., Xn} be a sample from Bernoulli(p). Find an unbiased estimator for p?.
Suppose X1, X2, . . . , Xn follows Bernoulli(p), and Y1, Y2, . . . , Ym follows Bernoulli(p + q), where both 0 < p, q < 0.5. Compute the moment estimator of p and q using first moments.
Suppose X1,X2,…,Xn represent the outcomes of n independent
Bernoulli trials, each with success probability p. Note that we can
write the Bernoulli distribution as:
Suppose X1 2 X, represent the outcomes of n independent Bernou i als, each with success probabil ,p. Note that we can writ e the Bernoulǐ distribution as 0,1 otherwise Given the Bernoulli distributional family and the iid sample of X,'s, the likelihood function is: -1 a. Find an expression for p, the MLE of p...
Q2 Suppose X1, X2, ..., Xn are i.i.d. Bernoulli random variables with probability of success p. It is known that p = ΣΧ; is an unbiased estimator for p. n 1. Find E(@2) and show that p2 is a biased estimator for p. (Hint: make use of the distribution of X, and the fact that Var(Y) = E(Y2) – E(Y)2) 2. Suggest an unbiased estimator for p2. (Hint: use the fact that the sample variance is unbiased for variance.) Xi+2...
3. Suppose that X1,X2, ,Xn are i.id. N(0, σ2). Find a function of T(X)-Σǐii verges in distribution to a normal distribution. State the mean and variance of your limiung normal distribution. 4. Stirling's Formula, which gives approximation for factorials, can be derived using CLT. (a) Suppose that X1, X2, random variable Z, .Xn is an ii.d. sample from Exp(1). Show that, for a standard normal PTPZ) (b) Show by differencing both sides of the approximation in part a. Then set...
Q2 Suppose X1, X2, ..., Xn are i.i.d. Bernoulli random variables with probability of success p. It is known ΣΧ; is an unbiased estimator for p. that = n 2. Suggest an unbiased estimator for pa. (Hint: use the fact that the sample variance is unbiased for variance.) 3. Show that p= ΣΧ,+2 n+4 is a biased estimator for p. 4. For what values of p, MSE) is smaller than MSE)?
Let X1, X2, · · · Xn be a i.i.d. sample from Bernoulli(p) and let . Show that Yn converges to a degenerate distribution at 0 as n → ∞.
Question 3: Bernoulli distribution (23/100 points) Consider a random sample X1,...,Xn from a Bernoulli distribution with unknown parameter p that describes the probability that Xi is equal to 1. That is, Bernoulli(p), i = 1, ..., n. (10) The maximum likelihood (ML) estimator for p is given by ÔML = x (11) n It holds that NPML BIN(n,p). (12) 3.a) (1 point) Give the conservative 100(1 – a)% two-sided equal-tailed confidence interval for p based on ÔML for a given...
Let X1, X2, .., Xn be a random sample from Binomial(1,p) (i.e. n Bernoulli trials). Thus, п Y- ΣΧ i=1 is Binomial (n,p). a. Show that X = ± i is an unbiased estimator of p. Р(1-р) b. Show that Var(X) X(1-X (п —. c. Show that E P(1-р) d. Find the value of c so that cX(1-X) is an unbiased estimator of Var(X): п
Suppose X1, X2, . . . , Xn are i.i.d. Exp(µ) with the density f(x) = for x>0 (a) Use method of moments to find estimators for µ and µ^2 . (b) What is the log likelihood as a function of µ after observing X1 = x1, . . . , Xn = xn? (c) Find the MLEs for µ and µ^2 . Are they the same as those you find in part (a)? (d) According to the Central Limit...