Question: a. Let X1,... , Xn be a random sample from a uniform distribution on [0, θ]. Then the mle of u is θ^ = Y

a. Let X1,... , Xn be a random sample from a uniform distribution on [0, θ]. Then the mle of u is θ^ = Y = max(Xi). Use the fact that Y ‰¤ y iff each Xi ‰¤ y to derive the cdf of Y. Then show that the pdf of Y = max(Xi) is
A. Let X1,... , Xn be a random sample from

b. Use the result of part (a) to show that the mle is biased but that (n + 1)max(Xi)Yn is unbiased.

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