Suppose X1 is from a population with mean µ and variance 1 and X2 is from a population with mean µ and variance 4 (X1, X2 are independent). Construct an estimator of ? as ?̂=??1+(1−?)?2. Show that ?̂ is unbiased for ?. Find the most efficient estimator in this class, that is, find the value of a such that the estimator has the smallest variance.
TOPIC:Unbiased and efficient estimators.
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