LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – STATISTICS
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SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009
ST 2811 / 2808 – ESTIMATION THEORY
Date & Time: 20/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
SECTION – A Answer all the questions (10 x 2 = 20)
01.Give an example of a parametric function for which unbiased estimator is unique.
02.State any two loss functions for simultaneous estimation problem.
03.Show that UMVUE of a parametric function is unique.
04.Define Fisher information for the multiparameter situation.
05.Define bounded completeness and give an example.
06.Given a random sample of size 2 from E(0, σ), σ>0, suggest two ancillary statistics.
07.Define a scale equivariant estimator and give an example.
08.Let X follow N( θ,1), θ = 0, 0.1. Find the MLE of θ .
09.If δ is consistent for θ, show that there exists infinitely many consistent estimators of θ.
10.Describe Conjugate family and give an example.
SECTION – B Answer any five questions (5 x 8 = 40)
11.Let X follow DU{1,2,…N}, N = 2,3. Find the class of unbiased estimators of zero.
Hence find the class of unbiased estimators of N and N2.
12.State Cramer-Rao inequality for the multiparameter case. Hence find the Cramer- Rao
lower bound for estimating σ/μ based on a random sample from N(μ,σ2), μ ε R, σ > 0.
- Discuss the importance of Fisher information in finding a sufficient statistic.
- Let X1,X2,…,Xn be a random sample from U(0, θ), θ >0. Find a minimal sufficient
statistic and examine whether it is complete.
15.State and establish Basu’s theorem.
16.Given a random sample from N(0, τ2), τ > 0, find MREE of τ 2 with respect
to standardized squared error loss. Is it unbiased ?
17.Find MREE of the location parameter with respect to absolute error loss based on a
random sample from E(ξ, 1), ξ ε R.
- Let X1,X2,…,Xn be a random sample from P(θ), θ > 0. If the prior distribution is E(0,1),
find the Bayes estimator of θ with respect to the squared error loss.
SECTION – C Answer any two questions (2 x 20 = 40)
19 a) State and establish any two properties of Fisher information.
- b) Let X have the pdf
P( X = x) = (1- θ)2 θx , x = 0,1,… ; 0< θ < 1
= θ, x = -1.
Using Calculus approach examine whether UMVUE of the following parametric functions
exist: i) θ ii) (1 – θ)2.
20 a) Show that an estimator δ is D – optimal if and only if each component of δ is a UMVUE.
- b) Given a random sample from E(μ,σ), μ ε R, σ > 0, find UMRUE of (μ, μ + σ) with
respect to any loss function, convex in the second argument.
21 a) Show that the bias and the risk associated with a location equivariant estimator do not depend
on the parameter.
- b) Show that a location equivariant estimator δ is an MREE if and only if E0(δu) = 0 for each
invariant function u.
22 a) Given a random sample from N(μ,σ2), μ ε R, σ > 0, find the maximum likelihood
estimator of (μ,σ2). Examine whether it is consistent.
- b) Stating the regularity conditions, show that the likelihood equation admits a solution which
is consistent.
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