Show that each of the following families of distributions is a two-parameter exponential family as defined in
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a. The family of all normal distributions for which both the mean and the variance are unknown
b. The family of all gamma distributions for which both α and β are unknown
c. The family of all beta distributions for which both α and β are unknown
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Probability And Statistics
ISBN: 9780321500465
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Authors: Morris H. DeGroot, Mark J. Schervish
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