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introduction to statistical investigations
Questions and Answers of
Introduction To Statistical Investigations
Suppose that \(X\) is a continuous random variable that takes on positive real values and has characteristic function \(\psi(t)=(1-\theta i t)^{-\alpha}\). Use Theorem 2.28 to find the density of
Let \(X\) be a random variable with characteristic function \(\psi\). Suppose that \(E\left(|X|^{n}ight)
a. Prove that \(\kappa_{4}=\mu_{4}^{\prime}-4 \mu_{3}^{\prime} \mu_{1}^{\prime}-3\left(\mu_{2}^{\prime}ight)^{2}+12
a. Prove that\[\kappa_{5}=\mu_{5}^{\prime}-5 \mu_{4}^{\prime} \mu_{1}^{\prime}-10 \mu_{3}^{\prime} \mu_{2}^{\prime}+20
Prove Theorem 2.34. That is, suppose that \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) be a sequence of independent random variables where \(X_{i}\) has cumulant generating function \(c_{i}(t)\) for \(i=1, \ldots, n\).
Suppose that \(X\) is a \(\operatorname{PoIsson}(\lambda)\) random variable, so that the moment generating function of \(X\) is \(m(t)=\exp \{\lambda[\exp (t)-1]\}\). Find the cumulant generating
Suppose that \(X\) is a \(\operatorname{Gamma}(\lambda)\) random variable, so that the moment generating function of \(X\) is \(m(t)=(1-t \beta)^{-\alpha}\). Find the cumulant generating function of
Suppose that \(X\) is a \(\operatorname{LAPlace}(\alpha, \beta)\) random variable, so that the moment generating function of \(X\) is \(m(t)=\left(1-t^{2} \beta^{2}ight)^{-1} \exp (t \alpha)\) when
One consequence of defining the cumulant generating function in terms of the moment generating function is that the cumulant generating function will not exist any time the moment generating function
For each of the distributions listed below, use \(\mathrm{R}\) to compute \(P(|X-\mu|>\delta)\) and compare the result to the bound given by Theorem 2.7 as \(\delta^{-2} \sigma^{2}\) for
For each distribution listed below, plot the corresponding characteristic function of the density as a function of \(t\) if the characteristic function is real-valued, or as a function of \(t\) on
For each value of \(\mu\) and \(\sigma\) listed below, plot the characteristic function of the corresponding \(\mathrm{N}\left(\mu, \sigma^{2}ight)\) distribution as a function of \(t\) in the
Random walks are a special type of discrete stochastic process that are able to change from one state to any adjacent state according to a conditional probability distribution. This experiment will
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of independent random variables where \(X_{n}\) is a \(\operatorname{GAmma}(\alpha, \beta)\) random variable with \(\alpha=n\) and
Let \(Z\) be a \(\mathrm{N}(0,1)\) random variable and let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables such that \(X_{n}=Y_{n}+Z\) where \(Y_{n}\) is a
Consider a sequence of independent random variables \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) where \(X_{n}\) has a \(\operatorname{Binomial}(1, \theta)\) distribution. Prove that the
Let \(U\) be a \(\operatorname{Uniform}(0,1)\) random variable and define a sequence of random variables \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) as \(X_{n}=\delta\left\{U ;\left(0, n^{-1}ight)ight\}\).
Let \(\left\{c_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of real constants such that\[\lim _{n ightarrow \infty} c_{n}=c\]for some constant \(c \in \mathbb{R}\). Let
Let \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) be a set of independent and identically distributed random variables from a shifted exponential density of the form\[f(x)= \begin{cases}\exp [-(x-\theta)] & \text { for }
Let \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) be a set of independent and identically distributed random variables from a distribution \(F\) with variance \(\mu_{2}\) where \(E\left(\left|X_{1}ight|^{4}ight)a. Prove
Consider a sequence of independent random variables \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) where \(X_{n}\) has probability distribution function\[f_{n}(x)= \begin{cases}2^{-(n+1)} &
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables such that\[\lim _{n ightarrow \infty} E\left(\left|X_{n}-cight|ight)=0\]for some \(c \in \mathbb{R}\). Prove that \(X_{n}
Let \(U\) be a UNIFORm \([0,1]\) random variable and let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables such that\[X_{n}=\delta\left\{U ;\left(0,
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of independent random variables where \(X_{n}\) has probability distribution function\[f(x)= \begin{cases}1-n^{-1} & x=0 \\ n^{-1} &
Let \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) be a set of independent and identically distributed random variables following the distribution \(F\). Prove that for a fixed value of \(t \in \mathbb{R}\), the empirical
Prove Theorem 3.3 using the theorems of Borel and Cantelli. That is, let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables that converges completely to a random variable \(X\)
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of monotonically increasing random variables that converge in probability to a random variable \(X\). That is, \(P\left(X_{n}
Prove Part 2 of Theorem 3.6. That is, let \(\left\{\mathbf{X}_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of \(d\) dimensional random vectors and let \(\mathbf{X}\) be another \(d\)-dimensional random
Let \(\left\{\mathbf{X}_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random vectors that converge almost certainly to a random vector \(\mathbf{X}\) as \(n ightarrow \infty\). Prove that for every
Let \(\left\{U_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of independent and identically distributed UNI\(\operatorname{FORM}(0,1)\) random variables and let \(U_{(n)}\) be the largest order statistic
Prove the first part of Theorem 3.7. That is let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables, \(c\) be a real constant, and \(g\) be a Borel function on \(\mathbb{R}\)
Prove the second part of Theorem 3.8. That is let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables, \(X\) be a random variable, and \(g\) be a Borel function on \(\mathbb{R}\).
Let \(\left\{\mathbf{X}_{n}ight\}\) be a sequence of \(d\)-dimensional random vectors, \(\mathbf{X}\) be a \(d\) dimensional random vector, and \(g: \mathbb{R}^{d} ightarrow \mathbb{R}^{q}\) be a
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty},\left\{Y_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\), and \(\left\{Z_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be independent sequences of random variables that converge in probability to the
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables. Suppose that for every \(\varepsilon>0\) we have that\[\limsup _{n ightarrow \infty}
A result from calculus is Kronecker's Lemma, which states that if \(\left\{b_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) is a monotonically increasing sequence of real numbers such that \(b_{n} ightarrow \infty\) as
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables from a \(\operatorname{CaUchy}(0,1)\) distribution. Prove that the mean of the
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables from a density of the form \[f(x)= \begin{cases}c x^{2} \log (|x|) & |x|>2
Prove Theorem 3.17. That is, let \(F\) and \(G\) be two distribution functions. Show that\[\|F-G\|_{\infty}=\sup _{t \in \mathbb{R}}|F(t)-G(t)|\]is a metric in the space of distribution functions.
In the proof of Theorem 3.18, verify that \(\hat{F}_{n}(t)-F(t) \geq \hat{F}_{n}(t)-F\left(t_{i-1}ight)-\varepsilon\). Theorem 3.18 (Glivenko and Cantelli). Let X,..., Xn be a set of indepen- dent
Let \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) be a set of independent and identically distributed random variables from a distribution \(F\).a. Prove that if \(E\left(\left|X_{1}ight|^{k}ight)
Let \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) be a set of independent and identically distributed random variables from a distribution \(F\) where \(E\left(\left|X_{1}ight|^{k}ight)
Let \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) be a set of independent and identically distributed random variables from a distribution \(F\) with \(E\left(\left|X_{1}ight|^{2 k}ight)
Let \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) be a set of independent and identically distributed random variables from a distribution \(F\) with \(E\left(\left|X_{1}ight|^{k}ight)
Consider an experiment that flips a fair coin 100 times. Define an indicator random variable \(B_{n}\) so that\[B_{k}= \begin{cases}1 & \text { if the } k^{\text {th }} \text { flip is heads } \\ 0 &
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that generates a sample \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) from a specified distribution \(F\), computes the empirical distribution function of \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\), and
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that generates a sample \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) from a specified distribution \(F\) and computes the sample mean \(\bar{X}_{n}\). Use this program with
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that generates independent \(\operatorname{UnIFORM}(0,1)\) random variables \(U_{1}, \ldots, U_{n}\). Define two sequences of random variables \(X_{1}, \ldots,
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that generates a sample \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\) from a specified distribution \(F\), computes the empirical distribution function of \(X_{1}, \ldots, X_{n}\),
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that generates a sample from a population with distribution function\[F(x)= \begin{cases}0 & x
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables such that \(X_{n}\) has a UNI\(\operatorname{FORM}\left\{0, n^{-1}, 2 n^{-2}, \ldots, 1ight\}\) distribution for all \(n
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables where \(X_{n}\) is an ExPo\(\operatorname{NENTIAL}\left(\theta+n^{-1}ight)\) random variable for all \(n \in \mathbb{N}\)
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables such that for each \(n \in \mathbb{N}\), \(X_{n}\) has a \(\operatorname{GAmma}\left(\alpha_{n}, \beta_{n}ight)\)
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables where for each \(n \in \mathbb{N}, X_{n}\) has an BERNoulli \(\left[\frac{1}{2}+(n+2)^{-1}ight]\) distribution, and let
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}\) be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables where the distribution function of \(X_{n}\) is\[F_{n}(x)= \begin{cases}1-x^{-\theta} & \text {
Suppose that \(\left\{F_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) is a sequence of distribution functions such that\[\lim _{n ightarrow \infty} F_{n}(x)=F(x)\]for all \(x \in \mathbb{R}\) for some function
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables that converge in distribution to a random variable \(X\) where \(X_{n}\) has distribution function \(F_{n}\) for all \(n
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables that converge in distribution to a random variable \(X\) where \(X_{n}\) has distribution function \(F_{n}\) for all \(n
Let \(g\) be a continuous and bounded function and let \(\left\{F_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of distribution functions such that \(F_{n} \leadsto F\) as \(n ightarrow \infty\) where
Consider the sequence of distribution functions \(\left\{F_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) where\[F_{n}(x)= \begin{cases}0 & x
Let \(\left\{F_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of distribution functions and let \(F\) be a distribution function such that for each bounded and continuous function \(g\),\[\lim _{n
Let \(\left\{F_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of distribution functions that converge in distribution to a distribution function \(F\) as \(n ightarrow \infty\). Prove that\[\lim _{n
In the context of the proof of Theorem 4.8 prove that\[\liminf _{n ightarrow \infty} F_{n}(x) \geq F(x-\varepsilon) .\] Theorem 4.8. Let {X} be a sequence of random variables that converge in
Prove the second result of Theorem 4.11. That is, let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables that converge weakly to a random variable \(X\). Let
Prove the third result of Theorem 4.11. That is, let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of random variables that converge weakly to a random variable \(X\). Let
In the context of the proof of the first result of Theorem 4.11, prove that\[P\left(X_{n} \leq x-\varepsilon-cight) \leq G_{n}(x)+P\left(\left|Y_{n}-cight|>\varepsilonight) .\] Theorem 4.11
Use Theorem 4.11 to prove that if \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) is a sequence of random variables that converge in probability to a random variable \(X\) as \(n ightarrow \infty\), then
Use Theorem 4.11 to prove that if \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) is a sequence of random variables that converge in distribution to a real constant \(c\) as \(n ightarrow \infty\), then
In the context of the proof of Theorem 4.3, prove that\[\lim _{n ightarrow \infty}\left|\int_{a}^{b} g_{m}(x) d F(x)-\int_{a}^{b} g(x) d F(x)ight|for any \(\delta_{\varepsilon}>0\). Theorem 4.3
Let \(\left\{\mathbf{X}_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of \(d\)-dimensional random vectors where \(\mathbf{X}_{n}\) has distribution function \(F_{n}\) for all \(n \in \mathbb{N}\) and let
Let \(\mathbf{X}\) be a \(d\)-dimensional random vector with distribution function \(F\). Let \(g: \mathbb{R}^{d} ightarrow \mathbb{R}\) be a continuous function such that \(|g(\mathbf{x})| \leq b\)
Let \(\left\{\mathbf{X}_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of \(d\)-dimensional random vectors that converge in distribution to a random vector \(\mathbf{X}\) as \(n ightarrow \infty\). Let
Prove the converse part of the proof of Theorem 4.17. That is, let \(\left\{\mathbf{X}_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of \(d\)-dimensional random vectors and let \(\mathbf{X}\) be a
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) and \(\left\{Y_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be sequences of random variables where \(X_{n}\) has a \(\mathrm{N}\left(\mu_{n}, \sigma_{n}^{2}ight)\)
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) and \(\left\{Y_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be sequences of random variables that converge in distribution as \(n ightarrow \infty\) to the random variables
In the context of the proof of Theorem 4.20, use Theorem A. 22 to prove that \(\left[1-\frac{1}{2} n^{-1} t^{2}+o\left(n^{-1}ight)ight]^{n}=\left[1-\frac{1}{2} n^{-1} t^{2}ight]+o\left(n^{-1}ight)\)
Let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables where \(X_{n}\) has a \(\operatorname{Exponential}(\theta)\) distribution. Prove
Prove that\[T^{-1} \frac{2}{9} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty} t^{2} \exp \left(-\frac{1}{4} t^{2}ight) d t=\frac{2}{3} \pi^{1 / 2} ho n^{-1 / 2},\]and\[T^{-1} \frac{1}{18} \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}|t|^{3}
Use Theorem 4.24 to prove Corollary 4.2. Theorem 4.24 (Berry and Esseen). Let {X}1 be a sequence of indepen- dent and identically distributed random variables from a distribution such that E(X) = 0
Prove Statement 3 of Theorem 4.26. Theorem 4.26. Let {X} be a sequence of independent random variables that have a common distribution F. Let p E (0, 1) and suppose that F is continuous at p. Then,
Prove Corollary 4.3. That is, let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of independent random variables that have a common distribution \(F\). Let \(p \in(0,1)\) and suppose that \(F\)
Prove Corollary 4.4. That is, let \(\left\{X_{n}ight\}_{n=1}^{\infty}\) be a sequence of independent random variables that have a common distribution \(F\). Let \(p \in(0,1)\) and suppose that \(F\)
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that simulates \(b\) samples of size \(n\) from an EXPONENTIAL(1) distribution. For each of the \(b\) samples compute the minimum value of the sample. When the \(b\)
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that simulates a sample of size \(b\) from a Bino\(\operatorname{MIAL}\left(n, n^{-1}ight)\) distribution and a sample of size \(b\) from a POISson(1) distribution.
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that generates a sample of size \(b\) from a specified distribution \(F_{n}\) (specified below) that weakly converges to a distribution \(F\) as \(n ightarrow
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that generates \(b\) samples of size \(n\) from a \(\mathbf{N}\left(\mathbf{0}, \boldsymbol{\Sigma}_{n}ight)\) distribution
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that generates \(b\) samples of size \(n\) from a specified distribution \(F\). For each sample compute the statistic \(Z_{n}=n^{1 / 2}
Write a program in \(\mathrm{R}\) that simulates \(b\) samples of size \(n\) from a distribution that has distribution function\[F(x)= \begin{cases}0 & xFor each sample, compute the sample
Wal-Mart buyers seek to purchase adequate supplies of various brands of toothpaste to meet the ongoing demands of their customers. In particular, Wal-Mart is interested in knowing the proportion of
Consider various characteristics of the U.S. civilian labor force provided in the file P3_60.XLS. In particular, examine the given unemployment rates taken across the United States.a. Characterize
Examine life expectations (in years) at birth for various countries across the world. These data can be found in the file P3_62.XLS. a. Generate an estimate of the typical human’s life span at
Tis problem focuses on the per capita circulation of daily newspapers in the United States during the period from 1991 to 1996. The file P3_63.XLS contains these data.a. Compare the yearly
Have the proportions of Americans receiving public aid changed in recent years? Explore this question through a careful examination of the data provided in the file P3_64.XLS. In particular, generate
The file P3_65.XLS contains the measured weight (in ounces) of a particular brand of ready-to-eat breakfast cereal placed in each of 500 randomly selected boxes by one of five different filling
The file P3_67.XLS contains the individual scores of students in two different accounting sections who took the same exam. Comment on the differences between exam scores in the two sections.
The file P3_68.XLS contains the monthly interest rates (from 1985 to 1995) on 3-month government T-bills. For example, in January 1985, 3-month T bills yielded 7.76% annual interest. To succeed in
Data on the numbers of insured commercial banks in the United States during the period 1990-1996 are given in the file P3_69.XLS. a. Compare these seven distributions of the numbers of U.S.
Educational attainment in the United States is the focus of this problem. Employ descriptive methods with the data provided in the file P3_70.XLS to characterize the educational achievements of
Continuing with the ShirtCo database found in the file P4_25.MDB, find all of the records from the Sales table that correspond to orders for over 500 items made by the customer Shirts R Us for the
Returning to the Fine Shirt Company, use the three tables contained in file P4_22.MDB to perform the following: a. Find all of the records from the Orders table that correspond to orders placed
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