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Enter the m.l.e. $\\hat{\\mu}$ for $\\mu$ here:

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$\\hat{\\mu}=\\;$?[[0]]

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Calculate the expected information $I(\\mu)$:

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$I(\\mu)=\\;$[[0]] (to 2 decimal places).

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Calculate a $\\var{per}$% confidence $(a,b)$ interval for $\\mu$:

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$a=\\;$[[0]]

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$b=\\;$[[1]]

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$X_1,\\;X_2,\\;\\dots, X_n$ is a random sample from $\\operatorname{Poisson}(\\mu)$.

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 Let $\\bar{x}$ denote the mean of this sample and for this exercise we have $n=\\var{n},\\; \\bar{x}=\\var{r11}$

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For a sample of size n from a Poisson distribution $\\operatorname{Poisson}(\\lambda)$ and given the mean of the sample, find the MLE for $\\lambda$. Also find the expected information and a confidence interval for $\\lambda$.

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a)

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The maximum likelihood estimator (m.l.e) for $\\mu$ is the sample mean i.e. $\\hat{\\mu}=\\var{r11}$.

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b)

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The expected information in this case is $\\displaystyle \\frac{n}{\\bar{x}}$.

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Hence $\\displaystyle I(\\mu)=\\frac{\\var{n}}{\\var{r11}}=\\var{inf}$ to 2 decimal places.

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c)

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The $\\var{per}$% confidence interval for $\\mu$ in this case is given by $(a,b)$ where:

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\\[a=\\bar{x}-z\\sqrt{\\frac{\\bar{x}}{n}},\\;\\;b=\\bar{x}+z\\sqrt{\\frac{\\bar{x}}{n}},\\;\\;\\;z=\\var{z}\\] 

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Calculating to 2 decimal places gives:

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$a=\\var{llim},\\;\\;\\;b=\\var{ulim}$.

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Hence a $\\var{per}$% confidence interval for $\\mu$ is given by $(\\var{llim},\\var{ulim})$.

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