Answer to Question #203370 in Statistics and Probability for Leta

Question

 Let X1 , X2 , ⋯, XN be a random sample of size n from normal distribution with mean µ and variance σ2 . a). Find the maximum likelihood estimator of σ2  2 . (2 points) b). Find the asymptotic distribution of the maximum likelihood estimator of σ2  2 obtained in part (a).