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M.ET.HOD.OF MOMENTS. ... . .
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·. :·
random sar:nple·of size _8 f~om a Bin(n, p) _distnbut1on y,_e
7, 4, li A, ~, 4. F1nd m~tbod. of moments estimators for n and P· : ••
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Id 5 the following va1ues. 4, 2,

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tl.2. / Using the method of mo~ents, esti~~te the mean and variance of _the heights of lO
7
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• · · ·.
. ye~r..old children;qssuming these confprm to q -11oqnaJ. p,~tn'b_qJ!•0 ~,.•b~se don a random
.·· .. .. .. • .-
••• sample o(s·;·ucn·children·wh·os~·h~igh·t~ are:·124cm; i-iicm, 130cm, i25tm ano 132 cm;

aJ ...
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u_se th_~ m_et~~d ~f__mo,;,ent;_ to .~b~ai~ t~~guationSfor es.timatin~ and,_ p. tof' th ~

binomial d1stnbut1on, based on the· random :sample X1, X2, ..• Xn. .

Q4_ / let X den.ate the prop_ortion Of allotted timethat a randomly selected student spends·
J. working on a certain aptitude test. Suppose the pdf of Xis . .

f (;;O) = {. (0+ ])_x9 Q·,£ X <]

0 otherwise
.Where -1< 0. A random sample of ten students yields data x1 =0.92, x2=0.79, X3=0.90,
X4=0.65, Xs=0.86, XG=0.47, X7=0.73, Xs=0.97, Xg=0.94, X1o=0. 77 .

• •0 s e the method -~f ~oments to obtain an_.estimator of 0. And then compute the
• . • /stimate for this data. . •
•V. Use the MLE estimator to obtain ar:1 ~stimator qf 0. And then compute the-estimate
for this data.

Qs:/Let X,, X2, :· ., Xn be a random sampi~ _t,f size n from a populatibn X with probability
density function
.. {ex 9-1 if O< X < 1
• f. (x~8) =
. 0 otherwise

Where· O<0<oo is an unknown parameter. Using the method of moment find an estin1 ator
of 8? If x 1 -:- 0.2, x2 = 0.6, X3 = 0.5, X4 = ~-3 is a random s~mple of size 4, then what is the
estimate of'0?
Q6/ Suppose X1, X2, ... , Xn is a random sample from~- population X with density function

if O< X < 0
J(x;0)=u.
otherwise

Find an estimator of 0 by the moment method. •

Q7. Suppose X1, X2, ... , Xn is a random sample from a population X with density f~ction
 .·.
if a<x <P

otherwise·
Find the esti~a tors of a and pby _the mome nt method.
QB. :.-.· Cal~u_lcife the· me-thQd .of moment-s e"stimat~ f~r
th~ pa·r·a~ ete/ 8for the 'fo1.,o.~ing· dfsc·rete •• •
2x
probab ility function f(x,0) = - - - , x·=·l,2,, .., . " • . . . .
0."Find· 0 for the sample {2, 5, 3', 6, 1, 4,
. . .. . .. . . . . .. . 0(0+1 ).. . . . . -. . . . .. . .
3, 2, s·6}. •

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 -~~1rvi ·u~ LIK.EL1Hooo· EATIM~TOR. (MLE) .. · .
.
~ _ I f X1,~;,._..,Xn are the values of a random sarnpl~ . froJ!I . nor~al_ distrib~tion w.i~h
,y X - N(µ. a;)~ ·Find the maxin:i~m likel~hood estimator of parameters J.L and a •
2

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Q2, :· • Gi~e:n.• x• • "successes"
• • • ; •
in.n
••
triats :find the. maximum likelihood·es timate·of the-paramet er P' •
• I . • • • • • . • • .•
of the correspondin g binomial distribution. • •

· ~ . I f X1,~2· , ...; ~n are th~. ~al~~s of randqm sample frnm expo~ntial pop~lation with.
~ - . d~nsity function f(x)_ = k~~, x :> •o, find ·th~ maximu·m likelihood estimator of its •
parameter A.. • •

Suppose 10 rats are us~d in a biomedi.cal study. where the rats are injected with.cancer
cells-and given a.canc~r- drug that !S. d~signed.to._irn:re.ase their survival rate.- The -su~ival
times, in months, are 14, 17, 27,. 18,, 12, 8, 22, 13, 19 and 12. Assume that the
exponential distribution applies. Give a maximum likelihood estimate of mean survival.
(16.2)

It is known that a·-sample of 12, 1~.2, 13.5, 12.3, 13.8 and 11.9 comes from a population.
~- with the density function · • ·
B x>l
f(x,0)= ox8+1
{
othertt:ise
Where 0 > 0. Fina the maximum likelihood estimate of 0. (0.3970)
. -

If X 1, Xz, ... , Xn is a randon1 sampl~ from a d~stribution wHh density f u n ~

(1- 0)x- 8 • if O< X <1

• f(x;0)=
{0 . otherwise

What is the maximum likelihood estimator of 0?

!I
.0.1 Y, • 2.3, Y2 = 1.9, and Y, = 4.6: is a random sample from a population with the probability
YJ e-,-10
y>O
density function: f (y; 0) = · 60~
{
0, othenvise

Calculate the MLE for 0.