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Q29Section A (Section A)29 of 60

Most powerful test between two discrete uniforms

Let XX be a random sample from a discrete distribution with the probability mass function

f(x;θ)=P(X=x)={1θ,x=1,2,…,θ, 0,otherwise,f(x;\theta)=P(X=x)=\begin{cases}\dfrac1\theta, & x=1,2,…,\theta,\ 0, & \text{otherwise,}\end{cases}

where θ∈Θ={20,40}\theta\in\Theta=\{20,40\} is the unknown parameter. Consider testing H0:θ=40H_0:\theta=40 against H1:θ=20H_1:\theta=20 at a level of significance α=0.1\alpha=0.1. Then the uniformly most powerful test rejects H0H_0 if and only if

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