Suppose that we have a point estimate for the sample variance denoted by ô² as given below. N 1 >(X; – X)², k E Z>o n – k

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Suppose that we have a point estimate for the sample variance denoted by ô² as given below.
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>(X; – X)², k E Z>o
n – k
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that we have a point estimate for the sample variance denoted by ô² as given below. N 1 >(X; – X)², k E Z>o n – k
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Step 1

(1). The bias of the estimator in terms of k:

The expectation of S2 is obtained as follows:

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Possible assumptions:

The above expression for the expectation can be further simplified, if it is assumed that Xi’s are independent and identically distributed (iid) random variables, with mean μ and variance σ2. Therefore,

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(2). Find the variance of (σ2)^:

The expression for the variance obtained above can be further simplified, if it can be assumed that Xi’s have, at least approximately, a normal distribution. Thus, by assuming normality, it is known that:

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