Suppose that Y1,…,Yn are independent random variables, and that Yi has probability density function
f(yi∣θi,ϕ)=exp[ϕ(yiθi−b(θi))+c(yi,ϕ)]
Assume that E(Yi)=μi and that there is a known link function g(.) such that
g(μi)=βTxi
where x1,…,xn are known p-dimensional vectors and β is an unknown p-dimensional parameter. Show that E(Yi)=b′(θi) and that, if ℓ(β,ϕ) is the log-likelihood function from the observations (y1,…,yn), then
∂β∂ℓ(β,ϕ)=1∑ng′(μi)Vi(yi−μi)xi
where Vi is to be defined.