Def)
A statistic T(X) is a sufficient statistic for θ if the conditional distribution of X given T(X) does not depend on θ.
ex1) X1,X2∼iidb(1,θ)
① T1(X1,X2)=X1=>P(X1,X2∣T1)=P(X1=t1)P(X1=x1,X2=x2,X1=t1)=P(X1=t1)P(X1=t1,X2=x2)=P(X2=x2)=θx2(1−θ)1−x2: depends on θ
② T2(X1,X2)=X1+X2=>P(X1+X2=t2)P(X1=x1,X2=x2,X1+X2=t2)=P(X1+X2=t2)P(X1=x1)P(X2=t2−x1)=(2t2)θt2(1−θ)2−t2θx1(1−θ)1−x1θt2−x1(1−θ)1−t2+x1=(2t2)1: does not depend on θ
Theorem) T(X) is a sufficient statistic if g(t;θ)P(x1,...,xn;θ) does not depend on θ
P(x1,...,xn;θ): joint pdf or pmf of X g(t;θ): pdf or pmf of T(X)
ex1) X1,...,Xn∼iidf(x)
order statistic X(1),...,X(n) are sufficient statistic for f fY(y)fX(x)=1...1n!f(y1)...f(yn)f(x1)...f(xn)=n!1(b/c∏i=1nf(xi)=∏i=1nf(yi))
ex1) X1,...,Xn∼iidN(μ,1) f(x;μ)=∏i=1n2π1exp(−2(xi−μ)2)=(2π1)nexp(−21∑i=1n(xi−μ)2)=(2π1)nexp(−21∑i=1nxi2)exp(−21(nμ2−2μ∑i=1nxi))h(x)=(2π1)nexp(−21∑i=1nxi2)g(t;μ)=exp(−21(nμ2−2μ∑i=1nxi))=>T=∑i=1nxi : sufficient statistic for μ
ex2) X1,...,Xn∼iidU[0,θ] f(x;θ)=∏i=1nθ1I(0≤xi≤θ)=(θ1)n∏i=1nI(xi≤θ)∏i=1nI(0≤xi)h(x)=∏i=1nI(0≤xi)g(t;θ)=(θ1)n∏i=1nI(xi≤θ)=>T=∏i=1nI(xi≤θ) : sufficient statistic for θ
Theorem)
If f(x;θ) belongs to exponential family s.t. f(x;θ)=g(x)c(θ)exp(∑j=1kwj(θ)tj(x))(j≤k), (∑i=1nt1(xi),...,∑i=1ntk(xi)): sufficient statistic for θ
pf)