STAT 5102 Midterm: STAT 5102 UMN Spring 15 Test 2
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The exam is closed book and closed notes. 11 sheet of paper with formulas, etc. You may also use the handouts on brand name distributions and greek letters. Put all of your work on this test form (use the back if necessary). Show your work or give an explanation of your answer. No credit for numbers with no indication of where they came from. Leave no undone integrals in your answers, but other than that requirement there is no unique correct simpli cation. Any correct answer gets full credit, except as explicitly stated in questions. Abbreviations used: independent and identically distributed (iid), max- imum likelihood estimate (mle), probability density function (pdf), prob- ability mass function (pmf). The points for the questions total to 100. There are 6 pages and 5 prob- lems: [20 pts. ] , xn are iid from the distribution having pdf f (x) =
