Let y i be a bin(n i =, i ) variate for group i, i = 1,..., N, with {y i } independent. Consider

Let y_i be a bin(n_i=, π_i) variate for group i, i = 1,..., N, with {y_i} independent. Consider the model that π₁ = ... = π_N. Denote that common value by π.

a. Show that the ML estimator of π is p = (∑_i y_i)/(∑_i n_i).

b. The minimum chi-squared estimator π̂ is the value of π minimizing

The second term results from comparing (1 − y_i/n_i) to (1 − π), the proportions in the second category. If n₁ = ... = n_N = 1, show that π̂ minimizes N_p(1 − π)/π + N(1 − p)π/(1 − π). Hence show

π̂ = p^1/2 / [p^1/2 + (1 − p)^1/2].

Note the bias toward 1/2 in this estimator.

c. Argue that as N ⇾ ∞ with all n_i = 1, the ML estimator is consistent but the minimum chi-squared estimator is not (Mantel 1985).

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