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- The extent to which a distribution is peaked or flat, also called the kurtosis of the distribution, is often mea-sured by means of the quantity α4 = μ4σ4 Use the formula for μ4 obtained in Exercise 25 to findα4 for each of the following symmetrical distributions,of which the first is more peaked (narrow humped) thanthe second:(a) f(−3) = 0.06, f(−2) = 0.09, f(−1) = 0.10, f(0) =0.50, f(1) = 0.10, f(2) = 0.09, and f(3) = 0.06;(b) f(−3) = 0.04, f(−2) = 0.11, f(−1) = 0.20, f(0) =0.30, f(1) = 0.20, f(2) = 0.11, and f(3) = 0.04.arrow_forwardConsider a random sample X1,...,Xn (n > 2) from Beta(θ,1), where we wish to estimate the parameter θ. (a) Find the MLE θˆ and write it as a function of T = − ∑ni=1 log Xi. (b) Find the sampling distribution of T = − ∑ni=1 log Xi . (Hint: First find the distribution of Ti = − log Xi .)arrow_forward
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