Exercises for Wednesday October 31: …

Exercises for Wednesday October 31: 1.11 (pg. 50), 5.2 and 5.3 (pg. 293).

In part (c) of 5.3 KK asks for the MLE in part (c). Interpret this as part (b). For part (d), if you don't know what Newton-Raphson or Fisher-scoring is, just plot the likelihood and find the MLE from this.

Here are some R-commands related to Problem 5.3