Statistical Inference I: Method Of Moment:   One of the oldest method of finding estimator is Method of Moment, it was discovered by Karl Pearson in 1884.           Method of Moment Estimator             Let X1, X2, ........Xn be a random sample from a population with probability density function (pdf) f(x, θ) or probability mass function (pmf) p(x) with parameters θ1, θ2,……..θk.    If μ r '  (r-th raw moment about the origin) then μ r '  = ∫ -∞ ∞  x r  f(x,θ) dx for r=1,2,3,….k .........Equation i    In general, μ 1 ' , μ 2 ' ,…..μ k '  will be functions of parameters θ 1 , θ 2 ,……..θ k .      Let X 1 , X 2 ,……X n  be the random sample of size n from the population. The method of moments consists of solving "k" equations (in Equation i) for θ 1 , θ 2 ,……..θ k  to obtain estimators for the parameters by equating μ 1 ' , μ 2 ' ,…..μ k '  with the corresponding sample moments m 1 ' , m 2 ' ,…..m k ' .      Where m r '  = sample m...
 
 
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