Q 4.4. An individual picked at random from a population has a propensity to have accidents that is modelled by a random variable Y having the gamma distribution with shape parameter a and rate parameter 3. Given Y = y, the number of accidents that the individual suffers in years 1,2,..., n are independent random variables X₁, X2,... Xn each having the Poisson distribution with parameter y. (a) Write down a function f so that the joint distribution of Y, X1, Xn can be described via P(a ≤ Y ≤ b, X₁ = k1, X2 = k2 . . . Xn = kn) = f* f (y, k₁, k2, ... kn) dy and derive from this expression that, for your choice of f, Y has the Gamma distribution, and that conditionally on Y = y, X₁, X₂,... Xn are independent, each having the Poisson distribution with parameter y.
Q 4.4. An individual picked at random from a population has a propensity to have accidents that is modelled by a random variable Y having the gamma distribution with shape parameter a and rate parameter 3. Given Y = y, the number of accidents that the individual suffers in years 1,2,..., n are independent random variables X₁, X2,... Xn each having the Poisson distribution with parameter y. (a) Write down a function f so that the joint distribution of Y, X1, Xn can be described via P(a ≤ Y ≤ b, X₁ = k1, X2 = k2 . . . Xn = kn) = f* f (y, k₁, k2, ... kn) dy and derive from this expression that, for your choice of f, Y has the Gamma distribution, and that conditionally on Y = y, X₁, X₂,... Xn are independent, each having the Poisson distribution with parameter y.
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