Paper 4, Section II, I
Part II, 2009
Consider the double dichotomy, where the loss is 0 for a correct decision and 1 for an incorrect decision. Describe the form of a Bayes decision rule. Assuming the equivalence of normal and extensive form analyses, deduce the Neyman-Pearson lemma.
For a problem with random variable and real parameter , define monotone likelihood ratio (MLR) and monotone test.
Suppose the problem has MLR in a real statistic . Let be a monotone test, with power function , and let be any other test, with power function . Show that if and , then . Deduce that there exists such that for , and for .
For an arbitrary prior distribution with density , and an arbitrary value , show that the posterior odds
is a non-decreasing function of .