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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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2. Differentiat<strong>in</strong>g aga<strong>in</strong>:<br />

0 = <br />

=<br />

Z log ()<br />

()<br />

<br />

Z 2 log ()<br />

2 () +<br />

"<br />

2 #<br />

log <br />

= ()<br />

<br />

2<br />

+ <br />

⎡<br />

⎣<br />

Z log ()<br />

0 <br />

()<br />

à ! ⎤ 2 log ()<br />

<br />

⎦ <br />

so that<br />

() = <br />

"<br />

#<br />

− 2 log ()<br />

2 <br />

3. ( ()) = () . £<br />

0 () ¤ 2 — proof outl<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong><br />

text. The MLE of () is ³ˆ ´. If(20.1)holds<br />

then by the delta method<br />

√ ³ <br />

³ˆ ´<br />

− (0 )´ →<br />

µ<br />

0 h 0 ( 0 ) i <br />

2<br />

−1 ( 0 )= −1 ( ( 0 ))

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