Let Y1, . . . , Yn iid∼ f (y; θ). For the following densities f , find:• the moment estimator of θ;• the MLE of θ;(a) Poisson: f (y; θ) = θy exp{−θ}y! for y ∈ {0, 1, 2, . . . } and θ > 0
Question
Let Y1, . . . , Yn iid∼ f (y; θ). For the following densities f , find:• the moment estimator of θ;• the MLE of θ;(a) Poisson: f (y; θ) = θy exp{−θ}y! for y ∈ {0, 1, 2, . . . } and θ > 0
Solution
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- Moment estimator of θ:
The moment estimator is based on the method of moments, which involves equating the sample moments to the population moments and solving for the parameter. For a Poisson distribution, the population mean is equal to its parameter θ. So, the moment estimator of θ is the sample mean.
θ_moment = ΣYi/n
- Maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of θ:
The MLE involves finding the parameter that maximizes the likelihood function. For a Poisson distribution, the likelihood function is:
L(θ; Y) = Π [θ^Yi * exp(-θ) / Yi!]
Taking the natural log of the likelihood function gives the log-likelihood function:
ln L(θ; Y) = Σ [Yi * ln(θ) - θ - ln(Yi!)]
Taking the derivative of the log-likelihood function with respect to θ and setting it equal to zero gives:
d/dθ ln L(θ; Y) = Σ [Yi/θ - 1] = 0
Solving for θ gives the MLE of θ:
θ_MLE = ΣYi/n
So, for a Poisson distribution, both the moment estimator and the MLE of θ are the sample mean.
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