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Suppose x(sub 1), x(sub 2), ..., x(sub n) is a random sample from a distribution with probability density

f(x/Î?)=( 1 / (Î?+1)) e^(-x/(Î?+1) where x>0 and Î?> -1

A. Find the maximum likelihood estimator of Î? and show it is unbiased.
B. Find the Fisher Information I(Î?).
C. Does the variance of the maximum likelihood estimator attain the Cramer-Rao lower bound?

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Suppose x(sub 1), x(sub 2), ..., x(sub n) is a random sample from a distribution with probability density

f(x/Î?)=( 1 / (Î?+1)) e^(-x/(Î?+1) where x>0 and Î?> -1

A. Find the maximum likelihood estimator of Î? and show it is unbiased.

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