Homework 3, Statistics 550, Fall 2006
This homework is due Friday, September 29th by 5 p.m. You can put in my mailbox in
the statistics department on the fourth floor of Huntsman Hall if you do not hand it in
during class on Thursday
1 Bickel and Doksum, Problem 1.3.8, page 78.
2. (a) Bickel and Doksum, Problem 1.3.10, page 78. Also answer which one of these
rules is the better one from the minimax point of view.
(b) Bickel and Doksum, Problem 1.3.15, page 79.
3. (a) Bickel and Doksum, Problem 1.4.3, page 80.
(b) Bickel and Doksum, Problem 1.4.4, page 80.
4. (a) Bickel and Doksum, 1.5.1, page 84
(b) Bickel and Doksum, 1.5.7, page 85