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Q15Section A (Section A)15 of 60

MLE of the exponent of a power density

Let X1,…,XnX_1,…,X_n be a random sample from a population with probability density function

fθ(x)={(θ+1)xθ,0<x<1, 0,otherwise,f_\theta(x)=\begin{cases}(\theta+1)x^\theta, & 0<x<1,\ 0, & \text{otherwise,}\end{cases}

where θ>0\theta>0 is unknown. The maximum likelihood estimator of θ\theta is

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