Question #182791

If X1,X2,........,Xn is a random sample taken from a population having at(0,theta) distribution, then unbiased estimator of theta


Expert's answer

EpXˉ=1n(EX1+EX2+.....+EXn)=1n(p+p+...+p)=pE_p\bar{X}=\dfrac{1}{n}(EX_1+EX_2+.....+EX_n)=\dfrac{1}{n}(p+p+...+p)=p


Thus, Xˉ\bar{X} is an unbiased estimator for p. In this circumstance, we generally write p^\hat{p} instead of Xˉ.\bar{X}. In addition, we can use the fact that for independent random variables, the variance of the sum is the sum of the variances to see that


Var(p^)=1n2(Var(X1)+Var(X2)+...+Var(Xn))Var(\hat{p})=\dfrac{1}{n^2}(Var(X_1)+Var(X_2)+...+Var(X_n))


    =1n2(p(1−p)+p(1−p)+...+P(1−p))=1np(1−p)=\dfrac{1}{n^2}(p(1-p)+p(1-p)+...+P(1-p))=\dfrac{1}{n}p(1-p)


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