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2. (15 points) {X1​,X2​,…,Xn​} are i.i.d. random variables, E[Xi​]=μX​, and Var(Xi​)=σX2​, where i=1,…,n,μX​ and σX2​ ar

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2. (15 points) {X1​,X2​,…,Xn​} are i.i.d. random variables, E[Xi​]=μX​, and Var(Xi​)=σX2​, where i=1,…,n,μX​ and σX2​ are population mean and variance respectively. Consider the following two estimators of population mean, μX​. μ^​=2X1​+Xn​​Xˉ=n∑i=1n​Xi​​. (a) Is μ^​ an unbiased estimator? Is Xˉ an unbiased estimator? Why or why not. (b) Is μ^​ a consistent estimator? Is Xˉ a consistent estimator? Why or why not. (c) Which estimator is more efficient? (I.e., which estimator has a smaller variance?)