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Q62Section III (Statistics)62 of 84

−log⁡Xi-\log X_i is exponential with rate θ\theta, so the sum is Gamma(n,θ)(n,\theta)

Suppose X1,…,XnX_1,\dots,X_n have the pdf f(x∣θ)=θxθ−1f(x\mid\theta)=\theta x^{\theta-1}, 0<x<10<x<1, θ>0\theta>0. The distribution of ∑i=1n−log⁡Xi\sum_{i=1}^n-\log X_i is:

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