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  1. March 16th 2011, 12:47 AM #1
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    MLE, UMVUE and percentiles

    For a random sample in Xi ~ N(u,1);

    Is the MLE of the 90th percentile a UMVUE?
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  2. March 16th 2011, 05:58 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by canger View Post
    For a random sample in Xi ~ N(u,1);

    Is the MLE of the 90th percentile a UMVUE?
    Yes.
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