Let y 1 , y 2 , y 3 , . . . , y n be

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Let y1, y2, y3, . . . , yn be a random sample from a Poisson distribution with mean λ, i.e., E (yi) = λ, i = 1, 2, .... n. Consider four estimators of λ:

a. Which of the four estimators are unbiased?
b. Of the unbiased estimators, which has the smallest variance? Recall that, for a Poisson distribution, V(yi) = λ.

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Statistics For Engineering And The Sciences

ISBN: 9781498728850

6th Edition

Authors: William M. Mendenhall, Terry L. Sincich

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