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The reading on a voltage meter connected to a test circuit is uniformly distributed over the interval
(0,0 + 1), where 0 is the true but unknown voltage of the circuit. Suppose that Y1, Y2, · , Yn denote a
random sample of such readings.
a. Show that Y is a biased estimator of 0 and compute its bias.
b. Find the MSE of Y.
c. Find a function of Y that is unbiased estimator for 0.
Transcribed Image Text:The reading on a voltage meter connected to a test circuit is uniformly distributed over the interval (0,0 + 1), where 0 is the true but unknown voltage of the circuit. Suppose that Y1, Y2, · , Yn denote a random sample of such readings. a. Show that Y is a biased estimator of 0 and compute its bias. b. Find the MSE of Y. c. Find a function of Y that is unbiased estimator for 0.
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