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Q57Section B (Part B)57 of 120

Linear models — variances of uncorrelated least squares estimators

Consider the linear model

Y1=β1+β2+ϵ1,Y2=β1+2β2+ϵ2,Y3=β1+cβ2+ϵ3,Y_1=\beta_1+\beta_2+\epsilon_1,\qquad Y_2=\beta_1+2\beta_2+\epsilon_2,\qquad Y_3=\beta_1+c\beta_2+\epsilon_3,

where β1,β2∈R\beta_1,\beta_2\in\mathbb{R} are unknown parameters, and the uncorrelated errors ϵi\epsilon_i, i=1,2,3i=1,2,3 have zero mean and finite variance σ2(>0)\sigma^2(>0). The constant cc is such that β^1\hat\beta_1 and β^2\hat\beta_2 are uncorrelated, where β^1\hat\beta_1 and β^2\hat\beta_2 are the best linear unbiased estimators of β1\beta_1 and β2\beta_2, respectively. Which of the following statements is the correct option for (Var⁡(β^1),Var⁡(β^2))(\operatorname{Var}(\hat\beta_1),\operatorname{Var}(\hat\beta_2))?

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