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Contents Chapter 2: Probability..................................................................................................................................................1 2.2 Samples Spaces and the Algebra of Sets ..............................................................................

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INSTRUCTOR’S SOLUTIONS
MANUAL


AN I NTRODUCTION TO
MATHEMATICAL S TATISTICS
AND ITS APPLICATIONS
F IFTH E DITION



Richard J. Larsen
Vanderbilt University

Morris L. Marx
University of West Florida

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Copyright © 2012, 2006, 2001 Pearson Education, Inc.
Publishing as Prentice Hall, 75 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116.

All rights reserved. This manual may be reproduced for classroom use only.

ISBN-13: 978-0-321-69401-0
ISBN-10: 0-321-69401-5

, Contents


Chapter 2: Probability..................................................................................................................................................1

2.2 Samples Spaces and the Algebra of Sets ..........................................................................................................1
2.3 The Probability Function ..................................................................................................................................5
2.4 Conditional Probability.....................................................................................................................................7
2.5 Independence..................................................................................................................................................13
2.6 Combinatorics.................................................................................................................................................17
2.7 Combinatorial Probability ..............................................................................................................................23


Chapter 3: Random Variables....................................................................................................................................27

3.2 Binomial and Hypergeometric Probabilities ..................................................................................................27
3.3 Discrete Random Variables ............................................................................................................................34
3.4 Continuous Random Variables.......................................................................................................................37
3.5 Expected Values .............................................................................................................................................39
3.6 The Variance...................................................................................................................................................45
3.7 Joint Densities.................................................................................................................................................49
3.8 Transforming and Combining Random Variables..........................................................................................58
3.9 Further Properties of the Mean and Variance.................................................................................................60
3.10 Order Statistics ............................................................................................................................................64
3.11 Conditional Densities ..................................................................................................................................67
3.12 Moment-Generating Functions....................................................................................................................71


Chapter 4: Special Distributions ................................................................................................................................75

4.2 The Poisson Distribution ................................................................................................................................75
4.3 The Normal Distribution ................................................................................................................................80
4.4 The Geometric Distribution............................................................................................................................87
4.5 The Negative Binomial Distribution ..............................................................................................................89
4.6 The Gamma Distribution ................................................................................................................................91


Chapter 5: Estimation ................................................................................................................................................93

5.2 Estimating Parameters: The Method of Maximum Likelihood and Method of Moments .............................93
5.3 Interval Estimation .........................................................................................................................................98
5.4 Properties of Estimators................................................................................................................................102
5.5 Minimum-Variance Estimators: The Cramér-Rao Lower Bound ................................................................105
5.6 Sufficient Estimators ....................................................................................................................................107
5.7 Consistency...................................................................................................................................................109
5.8 Bayesian Estimation .....................................................................................................................................111


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Chapter 6: Hypothesis Testing.................................................................................................................................113

6.2 The Decision Rule ........................................................................................................................................113
6.3 Testing Binomial Data - H0: p = po.......................................................................................................................................................................... 114
6.4 Type I and Type II Errors .............................................................................................................................115
6.5 A Notion of Optimality: The Generalized Likelihood Ratio........................................................................119


Chapter 7: Inferences Based on the Normal Distribution ........................................................................................121

7.3 Deriving the Distribution of Y −µ ...............................................................................................................121
S/ n
7.4 Drawing Inferences about µ .........................................................................................................................123
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7.5 Drawing Inferences about σ ........................................................................................................................127


Chapter 8: Types of Data: A Brief Overview ..........................................................................................................131

8.2 Classifying Data ...........................................................................................................................................131


Chapter 9: Two-Sample Inference ...........................................................................................................................133

9.2 Testing H 0 : µ X = µY .......................................................................................................................................133
9.3 Testing H 0 : σ X2 = σ Y2 —The F Test .................................................................................................................136
9.4 Binomial Data: Testing H 0 : p X = pY ...........................................................................................................138
9.5 Confidence Intervals for the Two-Sample Problem .....................................................................................140


Chapter 10: Goodness-of-Fit Tests ..........................................................................................................................143

10.2 The Multinomial Distribution ...................................................................................................................143
10.3 Goodness-of-Fit Tests: All Parameters Known.........................................................................................145
10.4 Goodness-of-Fit Tests: Parameters Unknown...........................................................................................148
10.5 Contingency Tables...................................................................................................................................154


Chapter 11: Regression............................................................................................................................................159

11.2 The Method of Least Squares....................................................................................................................159
11.3 The Linear Model......................................................................................................................................169
11.4 Covariance and Correlation.......................................................................................................................174
11.5 The Bivariate Normal Distribution............................................................................................................178




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