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Part CCSIR NET June 2025the-expected-range-is-short-by-n-minus-1-over-n-plus-1-and-must-be-inflated

The expected range is short by n minus 1 over n plus 1 and must be inflated

Let be a random sample from the uniform distribution on the interval , where and are unknown parameters. Let be the jᵗʰ order statistic, j = 1, 2, …, n, and let . Here, is a complete and sufficient statistic for . Then, which of the following statements are true?

  1. A.X̄ is an unbiased estimator of
  2. B. is an unbiased estimator of
  3. C. is the uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator of
  4. D. is the uniformly minimum variance unbiased estimator of

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward, and why this one tests execution slip.

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The trap it tests

Execution slip

The idea was right. The computation was not.

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Related counterexample: A sufficient statistic is complete

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