Problem 1. Let X be a discrete random variable with values -2,0,1,5 urith pmf (a) Verify...
Problem 4 Let X be a discrete random variable with probability mass function fx(x), and let t be a function. Define Y = t(X): that is, Y is the randon variable obtained by applying the function t to the value of X Transforming a random variable in this way is frequently done in statistics. In what follows, let R(X) denote the possible values of X and let R(Y) denote the possible values of To compute E[Y], we could irst find...
5. Let X be a discrete random variable. The following table shows its possible values associated probabilities P(X)( and the f(x) 2/8 3/8 2/8 1/8 (a) Verify that f(x) is a probability mass function. (b) Calculate P(X < 1), P(X 1), and P(X < 0.5 or X >2) (c) Find the cumulative distribution function of X. (d) Compute the mean and the variance of X.
5. Let X be a discrete random variable. The following table shows its possible values r and the associated probabilities P(X -f(x) 013 (a) Verify that f(x) is a probability mass function (b) Calculate P(X < 1), P(X < 1), and P(X < 0.5 or X > 2). (c) Find the cumulative distribution function of X ompute the mean and the variance of
Question 1. A Discrete Distribution - PME Verify that p(x) is a probability mass function (pmf) and calculate the following for a random variable X with this pmf 1.25 1.5 | 1.7522.45 p(x) 0.25 0.35 0.1 0.150.15 (a) P(X S 2) (b) P(X 1.65) (c) P(X = 1.5) (d) P(X<1.3 or X 221) e) The mean (f) The variance. (g) Sketch the cumulative distribution function (edf). Note that it exhibits jumps and is a right continuous function.
Let X be a discrete random variable with PMF(a) Find P(X ≤ 9). (b) Find E[X] and Var(X). (c) Find MX(t), where t < ln 3.
3. Let X be a discrete random variable with the following PMF: 0.1 for x 0.2 for 0.2 for x=3 Pg(x)=〈 0.1 for x=4 0.25 for x=5 0.15 for x=6 otherwise a) (10 points) Find E[X] b) (10 points) Find Var(X) c) Let Y-* I. (15 points) Find E[Y] II. (15 points) Find Var(Y) X-HX 4. Consider a discrete random variable X with E [X]-4x and Var(X) = σ. Let Y a. (10 points) Find E[Y] b. (20 points) Find...
Let X be a discrete random variable with PMF: a. Find the value of the constant K b. Find P(1 < X ≤ 3)
Let X be a discrete random variable, and let Y X (a) Assume that the PMF of X is Ka2 0 if x- -3, -2,-1,0,1,2,3 otherwise, where K is a suitable constant. Determine the value of K. (b) For the PMF of X given in part (a) calculate the PMF of Y (c) Give a general formula for the PMF of Y in terms of the PMF of X
Let X be a discrete random variable with a probability mass function (pmf) of the following quadratic form: p(x) = Cx(5 – x), for x = 1,2,3,4 and C > 0. (a) Find the value of the constant C. (b) Find P(X ≤ 2).
Let a random variable X be uniformly distributed between −1 and 2. Let another random variable Y be normally distributed with mean −8 and standard deviation 3. Also, let V = 22+X and W = 13+X −2Y . (a) Is X discrete or continuous? Draw and explain. (b) Is Y discrete or continuous? Draw and explain. (c) Find the following probabilities. (i) The probability that X is less than 2. (ii) P(X > 0) (iii) P(Y > −11) (iv) P...