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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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By this, for large samples and with high probability,<br />

(|X) is maximized by the true parameter<br />

value, hence the maximizer of (|x) should be<br />

a good estimate of this true value.<br />

Proof of (19.1): The <strong>in</strong>equality<br />

( 0 |X) =<br />

Y<br />

=1<br />

is equivalent to<br />

− 1 <br />

0 ( ) <br />

X<br />

=1<br />

Y<br />

=1<br />

log ( )<br />

0 ( )<br />

( )=(|X)<br />

0 (19.2)<br />

By the WLLN this average tends <strong>in</strong> probability to<br />

<br />

θ0<br />

"<br />

− log ()<br />

0 ()<br />

"<br />

()<br />

− log θ0<br />

0 ()<br />

= − log<br />

= − log<br />

Z<br />

Z<br />

#<br />

#<br />

()<br />

0 () 0<br />

()<br />

() = − log 1 = 0<br />

by Jensen’s Inequality<br />

(You should complete the proof that the probability<br />

of (19.2) → 1.)

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