Chapter 4: Problem 5
Let \(Y_{1}
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Chapter 4: Problem 5
Let \(Y_{1}
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Two numbers are selected at random from the interval \((0,1)\). If these values are uniformly and independently distributed, by cutting the interval at these numbers, compute the probability that the three resulting line segments can form a triangle.
. Let \(Y_{2}\) and \(Y_{n-1}\) denote the second and the \((n-1)\) st order statistics of a random sample of size \(n\) from a distribution of the continuous type having a distribution function \(F(x)\). Compute \(P\left[F\left(Y_{n-1}\right)-F\left(Y_{2}\right) \geq p\right]\), where \(0
Let \(z^{*}\) be drawn at random from the discrete distribution which has mass \(n^{-1}\) at each point \(z_{i}=x_{i}-\bar{x}+\mu_{0}\), where \(\left(x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n}\right)\) is the realization of a random sample. Determine \(E\left(z^{*}\right)\) and \(V\left(z^{*}\right)\).
Let \(X_{1}, X_{2}, \ldots, X_{n}\) and \(Y_{1}, Y_{2}, \ldots, Y_{m}\) be two independent random samples from the respective normal distributions \(N\left(\mu_{1}, \sigma_{1}^{2}\right)\) and \(N\left(\mu_{2}, \sigma_{2}^{2}\right)\), where the four parameters are unknown. To construct a confidence interval for the ratio, \(\sigma_{1}^{2} / \sigma_{2}^{2}\), of the variances, form the quotient of the two independent \(\chi^{2}\) variables, each divided by its degrees of freedom, namely, $$ F=\frac{\frac{(m-1) S_{2}^{2}}{\sigma_{2}^{2}} /(m-1)}{\frac{(n-1) S_{1}^{2}}{\sigma_{1}^{2}} /(n-1)}=\frac{S_{2}^{2} / \sigma_{2}^{2}}{S_{1}^{2} / \sigma_{1}^{2}} $$
The weights of 26 professional baseball pitchers are given below; [see page 76 of Hettmansperger and McKean (2011) for the complete data set]. Suppose we assume that the weight of a professional baseball pitcher is normally distributed with mean \(\mu\) and variance \(\sigma^{2}\). \(\begin{array}{lllllllllllll}160 & 175 & 180 & 185 & 185 & 185 & 190 & 190 & 195 & 195 & 195 & 200 & 200 \\ 200 & 200 & 205 & 205 & 210 & 210 & 218 & 219 & 220 & 222 & 225 & 225 & 232\end{array}\) (a) Obtain a frequency distribution and a histogram or a stem-leaf plot of the data. Use 5-pound intervals. Based on this plot, is a normal probability model credible? (b) Obtain the maximum likelihood estimates of \(\mu, \sigma^{2}, \sigma\), and \(\mu / \sigma .\) Locate your estimate of \(\mu\) on your plot in part (a). (c) Using the binomial model, obtain the maximum likelihood estimate of the proportion \(p\) of professional baseball pitchers who weigh over 215 pounds. (d) Determine the mle of \(p\) assuming that the weight of a professional baseball player follows the normal probability model \(N\left(\mu, \sigma^{2}\right)\) with \(\mu\) and \(\sigma\) unknown.
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