Let X1, . . . , Xn be a random sample from a Poisson distribution.
(a) Prove that Pn i=1 Xi is a sufficient statistic for λ.
(b) The MLE for λ in a Poisson distribution is X. Use this fact and the result of part (a) to argue that the MLE is also a sufficient statistic for λ.
a)
b)
hence is MLE of
Xbar = sum Xi /n
since sum Xi is sufficient
so is
hence MLE is also a sufficient statistic for λ.
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