For the Ithaca July rainfall data given in Table 4.8, a. Fit a gamma distribution using Thom’s approximation to the maximum-likelihood estimators. b. Without converting the individual data values,...

For the Ithaca July rainfall data given in Table 4.8,

a. Fit a gamma distribution using Thom’s approximation to the maximum-likelihood estimators.

b. Without converting the individual data values, determine the values of the two parameters that would have resulted if the data had been expressed in mm.

c. Construct a histogram of this precipitation data and superimpose the fitted gamma density function.