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Q34Section ST (Statistics (Q11–Q65))34 of 65

Neyman-Pearson critical constant for variance

Let XX be a random sample of size one from a population having N(0,σ2)N(0,\sigma^2) distribution, where σ>0\sigma > 0 is an unknown parameter. Let Φ(⋅)\Phi(\cdot) denote the cumulative distribution function of a standard normal random variable and let χν,α2\chi^2_{\nu,\alpha} denote the (1−α)(1 - \alpha)-th quantile of the central chi-square distribution with ν\nu degrees of freedom. It is given that Φ(1.96)=0.975\Phi(1.96) = 0.975, Φ(1.64)=0.95\Phi(1.64) = 0.95, χ1,0.052=3.841\chi^2_{1,0.05} = 3.841, χ2,0.052=5.991\chi^2_{2,0.05} = 5.991. To test H0:σ2=1H_0: \sigma^2 = 1 against H1:σ2=2H_1: \sigma^2 = 2, using the Neyman-Pearson most powerful test of size 0.05, the critical region is given by λ(X)>c\lambda(X) > c, where c≥0c \ge 0 is a constant and λ(x)=f(x;σ2=2)f(x;σ2=1)\lambda(x) = \frac{f(x; \sigma^2=2)}{f(x; \sigma^2=1)}, where f(x;σ2)f(x;\sigma^2) is the probability density function of a N(0,σ2)N(0,\sigma^2) distribution. Then the value of cc equals ________ (rounded off to two decimal places).

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