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In statistical inference, what is the relationship between a parameter and a statistic?
In statistical inference, what is the relationship between a parameter and a statistic?
- A parameter estimates a statistic.
- There is no direct relationship between a parameter and a statistic.
- A statistic estimates a parameter. (correct)
- Both are fixed values representing population characteristics.
Which of the following is NOT a property associated with point estimation?
Which of the following is NOT a property associated with point estimation?
- Unbiasedness
- Sufficiency (correct)
- Efficiency
- Consistency
What does UMVUE stand for in the context of estimators?
What does UMVUE stand for in the context of estimators?
- Unbiased Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator
- Uniformly Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimator (correct)
- Unbiased Maximum Variance Unbiased Estimator
- Uniformly Maximum Variance Unbiased Estimator
What is the purpose of hypothesis testing?
What is the purpose of hypothesis testing?
What is the implication of increasing the confidence level in interval estimation, assuming all other factors remain constant?
What is the implication of increasing the confidence level in interval estimation, assuming all other factors remain constant?
Which of the following is a potential consequence of a Type I error in hypothesis testing?
Which of the following is a potential consequence of a Type I error in hypothesis testing?
What role does the level of significance play in hypothesis testing?
What role does the level of significance play in hypothesis testing?
What is the primary difference between simple and composite hypotheses?
What is the primary difference between simple and composite hypotheses?
Which test is specifically designed for assessing the association between two categorical variables?
Which test is specifically designed for assessing the association between two categorical variables?
Why is 'best linear unbiasedness' a desired property in an estimator?
Why is 'best linear unbiasedness' a desired property in an estimator?
Flashcards
Statistical Inference
Statistical Inference
The process of drawing conclusions about a population based on sample data.
Point Estimation
Point Estimation
Estimating population parameters with a single value.
Confidence Interval
Confidence Interval
Range of values used to estimate a population parameter.
Hypothesis
Hypothesis
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Type I Error
Type I Error
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Type II Error
Type II Error
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Power
Power
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P-value
P-value
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Minimum Mean Square Error
Minimum Mean Square Error
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UMVUE (estimator)
UMVUE (estimator)
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Study Notes
- Semester III, Statistics Major
- Course: Statistical Inference I
- Credits: 3
- Type: Theory
Basic Concepts of Statistical Inference
- Includes population and sample.
- Includes parameters and statistics.
- Includes population distribution and sampling distribution.
- Covers point estimation, interval estimation and hypothesis testing.
- Three useful distributions: chi-squared, t, and F (derivations excluded).
Point Estimation
- Focuses on concepts of estimation.
- Looks at requirements for a good estimator.
- Covers mean square error.
- Covers unbiasedness and bias-variance trade-off.
- Discusses best linear unbiasedness and minimum variance unbiasedness.
- Covers properties of uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimators (UMVUE).
- Includes comparison of Estimators and Efficiency.
- Methods of Estimation: Method of moments and method of maximum likelihood estimation.
- Covers statements of their small sample properties.
- Includes point estimators of the parameters of Binomial, Poisson, and univariate Normal distributions.
Elements of Hypothesis Testing
- Focuses on null and alternative hypotheses.
- Covers simple and composite hypotheses.
- Includes critical region, type I and type II errors.
- Covers level of significance, size, power, and p-value.
- Includes exact tests and confidence intervals: classical and p-value approaches.
- Tests relating to Binomial and Poisson distributions, Fisher's exact test.
- Chi-square tests for association, homogeneity, and goodness of fit.
- Tests of hypotheses for the parameters of normal distribution (one sample and two sample problems), paired t-test.
- Combination of probabilities in tests of significance.
Interval Estimation
- Includes confidence interval and confidence coefficient.
- Exact confidence interval for mean(s) and variance(s) for one and two sample problems under the Normal set-up.
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