Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2019/iii/paper-218/2/d/i/solution

Let be orthogonal projection onto the column space of , and let be the true mean. Then
Up to a common constant,
The true model has and ; every other candidate has and . Its excess expected AIC is , while its excess expected BIC is when . Thus either minimum expected criterion selects the true model.

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