Let X ~ Poisson(), Y ~ Poisson(), independent. It was shown in Theorem 4.3.2 that the distribution

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Let X ~ Poisson(θ), Y ~ Poisson(λ), independent. It was shown in Theorem 4.3.2 that the distribution of X + Y is Poisson(θ + λ). Show that the distribution of X|X + Y is binomial with success probability θ/(θ + λ). What is the distribution of Y|X + Y?
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Statistical Inference

ISBN: 978-0534243128

2nd edition

Authors: George Casella, Roger L. Berger

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