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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2012 iii Paper 36 4 a Solution by
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Write and . Holding the nuisance parameter fixed, the parametric score function is the derivative with respect to of the one-observation log-likelihood. The joint probability density function isBecause , differentiating givesFor instance ensures a square-integrable score function. Its expected value is zero by independence and the centered normal distribution of the error. This is the Gaussian regression score.
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