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CAS Exam MAS-I Fall 2018, Question 21

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Two independent populations X and Y have the following density functions:

  • f(x) = \lambda x^{\lambda-1} for 0 < x < 1
  • g(y) = \mu y^{\mu-1} for 0 < y < 1

X_1, X_2, \ldots, X_n and Y_1, Y_2, \ldots, Y_m are random samples of sizes n and m, from X and Y, respectively.

You want to perform the following hypothesis test:

  • H_0: \lambda = 2;\ \mu = 4
  • H_1: \lambda = 3;\ \mu = 8

Determine the form of the best critical region for this test, using the Neyman-Pearson lemma.

  • A) \sum_{i=1}^{n} \ln X_i + 4\sum_{i=1}^{m} \ln Y_i \le c
  • B) \sum_{i=1}^{n} \ln X_i + 4\sum_{i=1}^{m} \ln Y_i \ge c
  • C) 4\sum_{i=1}^{n} \ln X_i - \sum_{i=1}^{m} \ln Y_i \le c
  • D) 4\sum_{i=1}^{n} \ln X_i - \sum_{i=1}^{m} \ln Y_i \ge c
  • E) The answer is not given by (A), (B), (C), or (D)

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