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Q14Section I (Objective (Q1–Q80))14 of 80

Statistical Inference — sufficient statistic combining two normal samples of unequal precision

Let X and Y be independent N(θ,σ12)N(\theta,\sigma_1^2) and N(θ,σ22)N(\theta,\sigma_2^2), where σ12\sigma_1^2 and σ22\sigma_2^2 are known. Then the sufficient statistic for θ\theta is

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