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Q49Section C (Section C)49 of 60

Method of moments for Laplace-normal mixture

Let 2.5,−1.0,0.5,1.52.5, -1.0, 0.5, 1.5 be the observed values of a random sample of size 44 from a continuous distribution with the probability density function f(x)=18e−∣x−2∣+342πe−12(x−θ)2,x∈R,f(x)=\frac{1}{8}e^{-|x-2|} + \frac{3}{4\sqrt{2\pi}} e^{-\frac{1}{2}(x-\theta)^2},\quad x\in\mathbb{R}, where θ∈R\theta\in\mathbb{R} is unknown. Then the method of moments estimate of θ\theta equals __________ (round off to 22 decimal places)

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