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Q115Section C (Part C)115 of 120

Linear models — minimum mean squared error against least squares

Consider the simple linear regression model Yi=βxi+ϵiY_i=\beta x_i+\epsilon_i, i=1,2,…,ni=1,2,…,n, where β>0\beta>0, ∑i=1nxi2>0\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_i^2>0, and the uncorrelated errors ϵi\epsilon_i have zero mean and finite variance σ2(>0)\sigma^2(>0). Let β~1=∑i=1nai∗Yi\tilde\beta_1=\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_i^{*}Y_i, where the ai∗a_i^{*} minimize E(∑i=1naiYi−β)2\mathbb{E}\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_iY_i-\beta\right)^2 with respect to scalars a1,a2,…,ana_1,a_2,…,a_n. Let β~2\tilde\beta_2 be the ordinary least squares estimator of β\beta. Which of the following statements are true?

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