Chapter 2.10

Testing Statistical Hypotheses

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Problem 2.10.1

Let XX be a sample of size 1. Let H0:X∼U[0,1],  H1:X∼Exp(1)H_0: X \sim U[0,1], \; H_1: X \sim \mathrm{Exp}(1). Construct the most powerful test of significance level α∈(0,1)\alpha \in (0,1) to distinguish between these hypotheses, and compute its power.

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Problem 2.10.2

X1,…,XnX_1, \dots , X_n is a sample from Exp(θ)\mathrm{Exp}(\theta ). Construct the UMP test for testing H0:θ=θ0H_0: \theta = \theta_0 against

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H1:θ>θ0H_1: \theta > \theta_0;

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H1:θ<θ0H_1: \theta < \theta_0.

Problem 2.10.3

X1,…,XnX_1, \dots , X_n is a sample from N(θ,1)N(\theta , 1). Construct the UMP test for

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H0:θ≥θ0H_0: \theta \geq \theta_0 against H1:θ<θ0H_1: \theta < \theta_0;

(b)

H0:θ≤θ0H_0: \theta \leq \theta_0 against H1:θ>θ0H_1: \theta > \theta_0.

Problem 2.10.4

X1,…,XnX_1, \dots , X_n is a sample from Bern(θ)\mathrm{Bern}(\theta ). Prove that there is no UMP test of arbitrary significance level α\alpha for testing the hypothesis H0:θ=θ0∈(0,1)H_0: \theta = \theta_0 \in (0,1) against H1:θ≠θ0H_1: \theta \neq \theta_0.

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Problem 2.10.5

X1,…,XnX_1, \dots , X_n is a sample from N(0,θ)N(0, \theta ). Construct the UMP test of significance level α\alpha for testing H0:θ=θ0H_0: \theta = \theta_0 against H1:θ=θ1H_1: \theta = \theta_1, and find its power.

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Problem 2.10.6

X1,…,XnX_1, \dots , X_n is a sample from U[0,θ],  θ>0U[0,\theta ], \; \theta > 0. Construct the UMP test of significance level α\alpha for testing H0:θ=θ0H_0: \theta = \theta_0 against H1:θ≠θ0H_1: \theta \neq \theta_0 in the form

S={x∈Rn:x(n)≤cθ0}∪{x∈Rn:x(n)>θ0} S = \left\{ x \in \mathbb {R}{n}: x_{(n)} \leq c\theta _0\right\} \cup \left\{ x \in \mathbb {R}{n}: x_{(n)} > \theta _0\right\}
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Problem 2.10.7

Let {Pθ,θ∈Θ}\left\{ \mathbb {P}_\theta , \theta \in \Theta \right\} be a family with a nonincreasing likelihood ratio in the statistic T(X)T(X), and let α<1\alpha < 1 be some positive number. Construct the UMP test of significance level α\alpha for testing the hypothesis H0H_0 against the alternative H1H_1, where

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H0:θ≤θ0H_0: \theta \leq \theta_0 (or θ=θ0\theta = \theta_0), H1:θ>θ0H_1: \theta > \theta_0;

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H0:θ≥θ0H_0: \theta \geq \theta_0 (or θ=θ0\theta = \theta_0), H1:θ<θ0H_1: \theta < \theta_0.

Problem 2.10.8

Show that any uniformly most powerful unbiased (i.e., inf⁡θ∈Θ0β(θ,S)≥sup⁡θ∈Θ1β(θ,S)\inf_{\theta \in \Theta_0} \beta (\theta , S) \geq \sup_{\theta \in \Theta_1} \beta (\theta , S)) test SS is admissible, i.e., there is no other test RR that is at least as powerful as SS for all alternatives and strictly more powerful for at least one alternative.

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