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Q110Section C (Part C)110 of 120

Consistency — estimating a ratio in a shifted exponential

Let X1,X2,…,XnX_1,X_2,…,X_n (n≥2)(n\ge2) be a random sample from an Exponential distribution with the probability density function

f(x∣μ,σ)=1σexp⁡(μ−xσ)if x>μ,0otherwise,f(x\mid\mu,\sigma)=\frac1\sigma\exp\left(\frac{\mu-x}{\sigma}\right) \text{if }x>\mu, \qquad 0 \text{otherwise},

where parameters μ\mu and σ\sigma are unknown and positive. Let Xˉn\bar X_n, Sn2S_n^2 and X1:nX_{1:n} denote the sample mean, the sample variance and the sample smallest order statistic, respectively and let θ=σμ\theta=\frac{\sigma}{\mu}. Then which of the following statements are true?

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