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Question II (20 points, 10 points each)
Let Y denote a Bernoulli(θ) randon variable with 0 <θ < 1. Suppose we are interested in estimating theodds ratio, y = θ/(1-θ), which is the probability of success over the probability of failure. A natureestimator of y is

, the proportion of successes over the proportion of failures in the sample.Note that

, the proportion of successes in n trials, given a random sample{Y1,Y2,...Yn}.


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2. Is G an unbiased estimator of γ? Explain.

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