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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 2 28J Solution by
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PutThe log-likelihood, apart from an additive constant, isOver the full parameter space its maximum-likelihood estimates are . Under , maximizing over the nuisance parameter gives . Thus the generalized likelihood-ratio test statistic, in the convention , is
Under , the normal-sample decomposition givesWriting , the central limit theorem for a sum of squared independent standard normal variables yields . Hence Slutsky theorem givesand in particular .
For , Taylor theorem at givesConsequentlyby the continuous mapping theorem and Slutsky's theorem. Since the square of a standard normal variable has the chi-squared distribution with one degree of freedom,
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