7.9 In Example 7.7, show that Yn is less informative than Y . [Hint: Let Zn be...

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7.9 In Example 7.7, show that Yn is less informative than Y .

[Hint: Let Zn be distributed as P(λ∞

i=n+1γi) independently of Yn. Then, Yn + Zn is a sufficient statistic for λ on the basis of (Yn, Zn) and Yn + Zn has the same distribution as Y .]

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Theory Of Point Estimation

ISBN: 9780387985022

2nd Edition

Authors: Erich L. Lehmann, George Casella

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