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Question: Refer to Exercise 5.3.

a. Find the sampling distribution of s2.

b. Find the population variance σ2.

c. Show that s2is an unbiased estimator of σ2.

d. Find the sampling distribution of the sample standard deviation s.

e. Show that s is a biased estimator of σ.

Short Answer

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A sampling distribution is the chance distribution of a pattern in data from a greater sample size gathered from a certain population. It depicts the spectrum of probable outcomes of statistics, including the mean as well as the mode of a parameter, in the same way as it characterizes a population.

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 Step 1: (a) The data is given below

Given data,

s2=Σ(χχ-)2n1

The calculation is given below:

The sample (1, 1) χ-=1

s2=[(11)2+(11)2]/1=0

The sample (1, 3) χ-=1

s2=[(11)2+(11)2]/1=0

The sample (1, 2) χ-=1.5

s2=[(115)2+(21.5)2]/1=0

To calculate the s2values for every sample remaining

Sample Distribution of s2is

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(b) Population variance

The calculation is given below:

Populationvarianceσ2=(12.7)2(0.2)+(22.7)2(0.3)+(32.7)2(0.2)+(42.7)2(0.2)+(52.7)2(0.1)=0.578+.147+.018+.338+.529=1.61

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(c) Unbiased estimator

The calculation is given below:

To demonstrate the s2is an unbiased estimator σ2

Using the sampling distribution of s2

=(0)(0.22)+(0.5)(0.36)+(2)(0.24)+(4.5)+(.14)+(8)(.04)=0+.18+.48+.63+.32=1.61

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(d) Sampling distribution

The calculation is given below:

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(e) Sampling distribution

The calculation is given below:

S from the sampling distribution

=(0)(0.22)+(0.707)(0.36)+(1.414)(0.24)+(2.121)+(0.14)+(2.828)(.04)=0+.255+.339+.297+.113=1.004

But,

σ=σ2=1.61=1.2691.004

So, s is a biased estimator of localid="1662357666676" σ.

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