A-exam Prep
Across
- 3. If you take the ratio of two N(0,1) random variables, you will get this distribution
- 4. Jensen's inequality states that g(E[x]) <= E[g(x)] if g(.) is ___
- 10. For Q to be a pivot, its ___ cannot depend on theta
- 12. In the A/R algorithm, M is the expected number of ___
- 13. This theorem is useful when dealing with convergence in distribution as well as convergence in probability to a constant
- 14. Gamma(1/2) is the square root of this constant
- 17. This number of conditions must be satisfied for something to be a valid probability function
- 18. Any one-to-one function of a minimal sufficient statistic will be ___
- 21. This lemma gives us a recipe for constructing a level alpha UMP test
- 22. We can actually minimize Bayes Risk by minimizing this thing (which is easier)
- 23. -2log(lambda), where lambda is the LRT statistic, follows this distribution asymptotically
- 24. Is an algebra always a sigma algebra?
- 26. If we let Y equal the cdf of X, then Y follows this distribution
- 28. These things from regression should always sum to zero
- 29. A chi-squared distribution is a special case of this distribution
- 30. This is the strongest form of convergence that we learned about
- 31. E[Y|X] is a ___ (first two words: function of)
- 32. For an estimator to be UMVUE, its variance has to attain this (hint: acronym)
- 33. When the first derivative is 0, which order of delta method should you use?
- 34. The mgf of a t distribution ___
- 35. When finding the kth factorial moment from a pgf, you should differentiate the pgf k times and evaluate it at s = ___
Down
- 1. An ancillary statistic is independent of a minimal sufficient statistic if this minimal statistic is also ___
- 2. This theorem is very helpful for showing minimal sufficiency
- 5. The mgf of this distribution, evaluated at n, can be used to find the nth moment of the lognormal distribution
- 6. When finding P(X=k) from a pgf, you should multiply (1/k!) by the kth derivative of the pgf and evaluate it at s = ___
- 7. A sigma algebra should always contain this set
- 8. If the ratio of p(x|theta)/q(T(x)|theta) is constant with respect to theta, then T(x) is ___
- 9. f(y|x) is a ___ (first two words: function of)
- 11. This is what allows you to easily find the MLE of a function of an MLE
- 15. Under suitable regularity conditions, MLE's are asymptotically these two things
- 16. A prediction interval is ___ than a corresponding confidence interval
- 19. We can use this algorithm to generate two independent N(0,1) RV's
- 20. For a level alpha test, the probability of a type I error is always ___ alpha
- 25. For E[S^2] to equal sigma^2, we require that the x_i's be ___
- 27. One thing that the geometric and exponential distributions have in common is that both are ___