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Q117Section III (Statistics)117 of 190

The pooled sums and combined sum of squares form a complete sufficient statistic for two normal samples sharing σ2\sigma^2

Let {X1,…,Xn}\{X_1,\dots,X_n\} be a random sample from N(μ1,σ2)N(\mu_1,\sigma^2) and {Y1,…,Ym}\{Y_1,\dots,Y_m\} be a random sample from N(μ2,σ2)N(\mu_2,\sigma^2). Let T1=∑i=1nXi2+∑j=1mYj2,T2=∑i=1nXi, T3=∑i=1mYi,T4=∑i=1nXi2, T5=∑i=1mYi2T_1=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i^2+\sum_{j=1}^mY_j^2, T_2=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i,\ T_3=\sum_{i=1}^mY_i, T_4=\sum_{i=1}^nX_i^2,\ T_5=\sum_{i=1}^mY_i^2. Then which of the following is a jointly sufficient complete statistic for (μ1,μ2,σ2)(\mu_1,\mu_2,\sigma^2)?

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