Consider the Gamma distribution, with parameters α and λ. Compute the hazard function of a Gamma random variable and show that this hazard function is increasing when α ≥1, and decreasing when α ≤1.
Consider the Gamma distribution, with parameters α and λ. Compute the hazard function of a Gamma random variable and show that this hazard function is increasing when α ≥1, and decreasing when α ≤1.
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Consider the Gamma distribution, with parameters α and λ.
Compute the hazard
function is increasing when α ≥1, and decreasing when α ≤1.
(Hint: there is nota “nice” closed form for the hazard rate function.)
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