Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing-Moments and Least Squares [ISS (Statistical Services) Statistics Paper II]: Questions 1 - 6 of 13

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Question 1

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The credit of inventing the method of moments for estimating the parameters goes to

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Choice (4)Response

a.

Neyman

b.

R. A. Fisher

c.

Karl Pearson

d.

Cramer-Rao

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Question 2

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For a simple linear model , the estimated values of and by the method of least square will be

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Choice (4)Response

a.

and

b.

and

c.

and

d.

and

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Question 3

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Method of least squares consists of

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Choice (4)Response

a.

Minimizing the sum of squares of residuals

b.

Maximizing the sum of squares of residuals

c.

Question does not provide sufficient data or is vague

d.

None of the above

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Question 4

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In general, the estimates obtained by the method of moments are ________

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Choice (4)Response

a.

Asymptotically normal but not efficient

b.

Asymptotically normal and always efficient

c.

Not asymptotically normal but efficient

d.

None of the above

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Question 5

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Generally the estimators obtained by the method of moments as compared to Maximum Likelihood estimators are:

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Choice (4)Response

a.

Equally Efficient

b.

More Efficient

c.

Less Efficient

d.

All of the above

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Question 6

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Linear estimators obtained by the method of least squares are

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Sufficient Estimators

b.

MVU Estimators

c.

Unbiased Estimators

d.

All of the above

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